Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan 9780824860646

Hokkeji, an ancient Nara temple that once stood at the apex of a state convent network established by Queen-Consort Komy

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Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan
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Table of contents :
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

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