Shukke to Sono Deshi published in 1918 is the story religion and love as told through the lives of Shinran Shonin and his disciples. Shinran (1173-1262) was the founder of the Shin sect of Buddhism
When the Kyoto art dealer Nomura Shojiro (1879-1943) began collecting kosode, the luxurious Japanese robes that served as precursors to today's kimonos, near the end of the nineteenth century, it is doubtful he realized the tremendous impact his…