Cover illustration: Detail. Frontispiece to the Lotus Sutra, juan 1. Illustrated by Wang Yi. Southern Song. Woodblock print. Concertina. © National Palace Museum
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Huang, Shih-shan Susan, author.
Title: The dynamic spread of Buddhist print culture : mapping Buddhist book roads in China and its neighbors / by Shih-shan Susan Huang.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024 | Series: Crossroads—history of interactions across the silk routes, 2589-885X ; volume 7 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024039229 (print) | LCCN 2024039230 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004680814 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004700017 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Printing—Social aspects—China. | Buddhist prints—China. | Buddhist literature—China. | Book industries and trade—China—History. | Buddhism—Economic aspects—China. | Buddhist civilization. | China—Commerce—History.
Classification: LCC Z186.C5 H775 2024 (print) | LCC Z186.C5 (ebook) | DDC 306.6/9430951—dc23/eng/20240912
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024039229
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ISSN 2589-885X
ISBN 978-90-04-68081-4 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-70001-7 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004700017
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