The Longmen Grottoes (often called the Lung-men Grottoes in older transliteration systems) are one of three major Buddhist cave temple sites in China and are included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Comprised of more than 2,300 caves and niches containing more than 110,000 stone sculptures, the site provides a snapshot of the evolution of the Chinese Buddhist sculpture tradition during its height in the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties. Because of their proximity to the ancient Chinese capital city of Luoyang, the grottoes were for centuries a focal point of imperial religious devotion and generosity.

Large Quarto, 482, 103 photographic plates, XXVIII images of rubbings, [3], xii pages. In Good condition. Bound in red cloth with faded gilt titling in Japanese to spine. Binding moderately rubbed, marked, and frayed, particularly at head and tail of spine. Binding shaken, and hinges beginning to split. Text block corners lightly bumped and text block moderately age-toned. Text in Japanese with limited English. SH Consignment.

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