Hokkeji and the reemergence of female monastic orders in premodern Japan

Hokkeji and the reemergence of female monastic orders in premodern Japan / Lori Meeks.

Author/creator	Meeks, Lori Rachelle, 1976-
Other author/creator	American Council of Learned Societies.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press,
Description	xi, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subject(s)	Buddhist nuns--Japan --Hokkeji (Nara-shi) Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women--Japan --Hokkeji (Nara-shi) Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--Japan --Hokkeji (Nara-shi) Hokkeji (Nara-shi, Japan)--Religion.

Series	Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 23
Contents	Pilgrimage, popular devotion, and the reemergence of Hokkeji -- Envisioning nuns: views from the court -- Envisioning nuns: views from the male monastic order -- Hokkeji's place in Eison's Vinaya revival movement -- Social and economic life at Hokkeji and its branch convents -- Ritual life at medieval Hokkeji -- Representations of women and gender in Ritsu literature.
General note	A Kuroda Institute Book.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-390) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009032538
ISBN	9780824833947 (hard cover : alk. paper)

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