Description: Sho-Hondo. [Pictorial Report on the Sho-Hondo]. Tokyo: Seikyo Press 1972. 71pp., folio. [Greeting by Nittatsu, Preface by Daisaku Ikeda, Kamio Yokoyama, Architect.]Pictorial architectural record of a unique megastructure completed in 1972 by followers of the Nichiren Shoshu branch of Buddhism in Japan, spearheaded by the lay organization Soka Gakkai. Despite being built to last for thousands of years to house the supreme object of the sect's worship, the building was demolished in the 90s amidst a schism between Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai. The edifice is nonetheless regarded as a landmark of post-war Japanese architecture.In very good condition with light external wear and nicks, clean pages, firm binding. This is a rare version of this book from 1972.
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