Hōzōkan

Hōzōkan is a Japanese publishing company specializing in Buddhist books, founded in 1602 and headquartered in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. It operates a directly managed bookstore, Hōzōkan Shoten, and has in recent years expanded into genres such as thought, philosophy, and history, as well as themes including society, education, medical care, welfare, and life and death.

Hōzōkan was founded in 1602 (Keichō 7). Its founding spirit is expressed as 'Open the Dharma storehouse and bestow the treasure of merit.' The company's logo is based on a dragon carved on the four corners of the seal cover of the Aice (funerary inscription) from the Yongqingling mausoleum of Emperor Daozong of the Liao dynasty in China. In recent years, Hōzōkan has actively expanded into genres such as thought, philosophy, and history, and has taken on projects on themes including society, education, medical care, welfare, and life and death, not confined to the traditional framework of Buddhism. It produced a 400th anniversary logo with the phrase '400 Years of the Wind of Buddhism,' designed by four students from Kyoto Seika University.

A publisher centered on Buddhism, aiming to publish books that nurture 'spiritual culture' and open a 21st-century 'age of the heart'.

Product categories. Buddhist books · Books on thought, philosophy, and history

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2. 2Hōzōkanwikidata.org