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2006

Title:	Buddha. 1, Kapilavastu / Osamu Tezuka.
Format:	Book
Author:	Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989.
Edition:	1st pbk. ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Vertical, Inc., ©2006.
Description:	400 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Summary:	The first volume of Osamu Tezuka's fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. Introduces Chapra, a slave boy who tries to escape his fate; Chapra's slave mother, who sticks by him no matter what; Tatta, a crazed wild child pariah who communes with animals; and Naradatta, a monk attempting to decipher strange portents of the Buddha's birth.
Subjects:	Gautama Buddha -- Comic books, strips, etc. Buddhists -- Comic books, strips, etc. Caste -- Comic books, strips, etc. Himalaya Mountains -- Comic books, strips, etc. Nepal -- Comic books, strips, etc. India -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre:	Graphic novels. Historical fiction. Action and adventure fiction.

Other title:	Kapilavastu
Other Title:	Budda. Dai ikkan, Kapiravasutu. English
Notes:	Translated from the Japanese. "Originally published in Japanese as Budda dai ikkan Kapiravasutu by Ushio Shuppansha, Tokyo, 1987"--Title page verso. "The artwork of the original has been produced as a mirror-image in order to conform with the English language"--Title page verso. "This work of fiction contains characters and episodes that are not part of the historical record"--Title page verso.
Contents:	Brahmin -- Tatta the urchin -- General Budai -- The Announcement -- Chapra -- The King's cup -- The Birth -- The Contest -- All for a cure -- The Prophecy -- The Judgment -- The Wall of death.

ISBN:	193223456X (pbk.) 9781932234565 (pbk.)
Other Number:	67710761
Control Number:	3300394

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