Travels in Tibet, Volume 2

Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailas draw a Japanese Buddhist traveler across Tibet’s high plains, through thirst, snow, and perilous rivers.

Kawaguchi Ekai describes sacred landscapes and devotional legends alongside trade, disputed hospitality, robbery, illness, and intense religious conversations. Moving toward Lhasa, he finds assistance in a caravan whose members also question his identity.

This second supplied volume continues Chapter 25 and includes Chapters 26–50. The complete translation preserves its poems and surviving illustration captions, with brief notes explaining names and textual problems.