Buddha. 1, Kapilavastu
(Graphic Novel)

Translated from the Japanese.

"Originally published in Japanese as Budda dai ikkan Kapiravasutu by Ushio Shuppansha, Tokyo, 1987"--Title page verso.

"The artwork of the original has been produced as a mirror-image in order to conform with the English language"--Title page verso.

"This work of fiction contains characters and episodes that are not part of the historical record"--Title page verso.

The first volume of Osamu Tezuka's fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. Introduces Chapra, a slave boy who tries to escape his fate; Chapra's slave mother, who sticks by him no matter what; Tatta, a crazed wild child pariah who communes with animals; and Naradatta, a monk attempting to decipher strange portents of the Buddha's birth.