Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan / / Lori R. Meeks.
Hokkeji, an ancient Nara temple that once stood at the apex of a state convent network established by Queen-Consort Komyo (701-760), possesses a history that in some ways is bigger than itself. Its development is emblematic of larger patterns in the history of female monasticism in Japan. In Hokkeji...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (432 p.) :; 11 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- 1. Pilgrimage, Popular Devotion, and the Reemergence of Hokkeji
- 2. Envisioning Nuns: Views from the Court
- 3. Envisioning Nuns: Views from the Male Monastic Order
- 4. Hokkeji's Place in Eison's Vinaya Revival Movement
- 5. Social and Economic Life at Hokkeji and Its Branch Convents
- 6. Ritual Life at Medieval Hokkeji
- 7. Representations of Women and Gender in Ritsu Literature
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Character Glossary
- Works Cited and Consulted
- Index