Tracing the Itinerant Path : Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan /

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This study introduces the jishū nuns who participated alongside monks as fellow practitioners - not as wives, daughters, or mothers. They were partners in a Pure Land religious school devoted to encompassing the world with the name Amida Buddha through their continuous chanting of the nembutsu.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Griffiths, Caitilin J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ji (Sect)
Buddhist nuns.
Buddhism.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > 1185-1600.
Nonnes bouddhistes > Japon > Histoire.
Buddhism > Japan > History > 1185-1600.
Buddhist nuns > Japan > History.
Ji (Sect) > History.
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This study introduces the jishū nuns who participated alongside monks as fellow practitioners - not as wives, daughters, or mothers. They were partners in a Pure Land religious school devoted to encompassing the world with the name Amida Buddha through their continuous chanting of the nembutsu.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780824859398

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