Travels in Tibet, Volume 7

After a severe fever in Darjeeling, Kawaguchi Ekai hears that the friends who helped him in Tibet have been imprisoned. He refuses to return to Japan without seeking their rescue.

The final supplied volume follows his appeals to teachers, officers, and Nepal’s rulers. Difficult journeys and hostile guards give way to demanding audiences in which his identity and intentions are repeatedly questioned.

Poems of anguish and gratitude, the collection of Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures, and visits to sacred mountain sites accompany the journey home. The complete translation retains all supplied passages and illustration captions, with concise notes on textual alternatives, uncertain names, dates, and historical claims.