BOOKS: (7) Vols Japanese Religion & Sex, 7 volumes: Harris. House of the 10,000 Pleasures: A Modern Study of the Geisha and Streetwalkers of Japan. Dutton, New York. 1962 first edition. Hardcover in jacket. Becker. The Sexual Life of Japan, Being and Exhaustive Study of the Nightless City. American Anthropological Society, New York. Third edition. Hardcover. Hanayama. A History of Japanese Buddhism. The CIIB, Tokyo. 1960. Hardcover in jacket. Spalding. Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East. California Press, 1924. Hardcover. Bunce. Religions in Japan: Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity. Tuttle, Vermont. 9th printing, 1965. Hardcover in jacket. Shihlien. The Political Philosophy of Confucianism. Dutton, New York. 1932. Hardcover. Miura and Sasaki. The Zen Koan Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen. Harcourt Brace & World, New York. First edition, 1965. Hardcover in jacket.

Provenance: Estate of Huguette Clark

Notes/Literature: Huguette Marcelle Clark (1906-2011) was an heiress and philanthropist, who became well known again late in life as a recluse, living in a hospital for more than 20 years while her mansions remained empty. She was an accomplished artist and musician, having studied under famous portrait painter Tadeusz Styka, and her paintings were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington in 1925

Good/fair, jacket on Zen Koan is water stained and torn, be advised that all lots in this sale will exhibit some degree of wear due to age and/or handling