Eros + Cosmos in Mandala: The Mandalas of the Two Worlds at the Kyoo Gokoku-ji by Ishimoto Yasuhiro - Photographs; Preface by Ryuki Washio; Essays by Shunsho Manabe, Taka Yanagisawa, Koichi Tanikawa, Arata Isozaki - 1978.

Tokyo: The Seibu Museum of Art, 1978. Oversized trade paperback. First edition. Near Fine with a light bump to one corner. Gallery sticker to the inside front cover. Unpaginated (120 pages); profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographic plates; 10 x 9.5 inches. Text in English. Out of Print. The Mandalas of Two Worlds reside in the Kyoo Gokoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan. They are from the Heian period, 9th century, and are rarely seen by the public. One depicts the Diamond Realm and the other the Womb Realm and together they are considered a compact expression of the entirety of the Dharma in Mahayana Buddhism. Ishimoto photographed the core as well as the deities that surround it. FREE SHIPPING and tracking within the US by Media Mail. Careful and secure packaging.