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The Princess Nun : Bunchi, Buddhist Reform, and Gender in Early Edo Japan /

This book tells the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of EnshMji. Bunchi advocated strict adherence to monastic precepts while devoting herself to the posthumous welfare of her family. As the first full-length biographical study of a premodern Japanese nun, this...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cogan, Gina, 1966-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Asia Center, 2014.
Édition:1 [edition].
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Bunchi's Birth and Early Childhood
  • 2. Bunchi's Marriage
  • 3. Bunchi's Buddhist Education
  • 4. Bunchi, Isshi, and Reform
  • 5. The Monastic Body, Desire, and Sex
  • 6. Reclusion and Spatiality
  • 7. Enshoji: Surroundings and People
  • 8. Discipline and Community at Enshoji
  • 9. Precepts and Ordination at Enshoji
  • 10. Bunchi at Court.