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Buddha. 2, The four encounters / Osamu Tezuka.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Comics Collection PN6790.J33 T498 2006 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989.
- Standardized Title:
- Buddha. English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Gautama Buddha--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Gautama Buddha.
- Buddhists--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Buddhists.
- Caste--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Caste.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Himalaya Mountains--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Himalaya Mountains.
- Nepal--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Nepal.
- India--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- India.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Japan.
- Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 411 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Four encounters
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vertical, Inc., [2006]
- Summary:
- This second volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, covers his upbringing and early manhood. Unhappy with the injustice of the caste system, the prince leaves his life of luxury to find a way to fight it. He marries and fathers a child, but unable to live in his luxurious palace, he cuts off his hair and departs into the wilderness to become a monk.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- "Originally published in Japanese as Budda dai nikan shimon shutsuyu by Ushio Shuppensha, Tokyo, 1987"--T.p. verso.
- "The artwork of the original has been produced as a mirror-image in order to conform with the English language"--T.p. verso.
- "This work of fiction contains characters and episodes that are not part of the historical record"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 1932234578
- 9781932234572
- OCLC:
- 70253661
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