To steal this book closes the gates of heaven,Found in a book I took from my mother's house.
And to destroy it opens the gates of hell.
Anyone who takes this book without permission
Will be punished by all the gods of Japan.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
From a Japanese bookplate, ca. 1470:
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