Zen sanctuary of purple robes : Japan's Tōkeiji convent since 1285 /

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A fascinating look at a Zen convent throughout its history.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morrell, Sachiko Kaneko, 1930-
Other Authors: Morrell, Robert E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Tōkeiji (Kamakura-shi, Japan) > History.
Tōkeiji (Kamakura-shi, Japan)
Women's shelters > Japan > History.
Divorce > Japan > History.
Maisons d'hébergement pour femmes > Japon > Histoire.
Divorce > Japon > Histoire.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Divorce.
Women's shelters.
Japan.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Winds of doctrine : the world of thought and feeling in Late Kamakura Japan
  • Ch. 2 Muju Ichien's Mirror for women (Tsuma kagami, 1300), a Buddhist vernacular tract of the Late Kamakura period
  • Ch. 3 Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Hojo
  • Ch. 4 Princess Yodo's purple-clad nuns
  • Ch. 5 From sanctuary to divorce temple : Abbess Tenshu and the Later Kitsuregawa administrators
  • Ch. 6 Everyday life at Matsugaoka Tokeiji : sacred and secular
  • Ch. 7 "divorce temple" in Edo satirical verse.

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