Tracing the Itinerant Path : : Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan / / Caitilin J. Griffiths; ed. by Richard K. Payne.
Women have long been active supporters and promoters of Buddhist rituals and functions, but their importance in the operations of Buddhist schools has often been minimized. Chin'ichibō (?-1344), a nun who taught male and female disciples and lived in her own temple, is therefore considered an a...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pure Land Buddhist Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 4 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editor's Preface
- Preface
- Maps and Charts
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Female Leaders and Gendered Spaces
- Chapter Two. Itinerant Path: Women on the Road
- Chapter Three. Fourteenth- Century Mixed-Gender Practice Halls
- Chapter Four. Practice Halls of Kyoto: Urban Jishū Nuns
- Chapter Five. The Yugyō School: Fifteenth Century and Beyond
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Translations of Selected Texts
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index