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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Asia Center,
2014.
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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.