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Preachers, poets, women, and the way : Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist literature of medieval Japan

Title
Preachers, poets, women, and the way : Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist literature of medieval Japan / R. Keller Kimbrough.
Author
Kimbrough, R. Keller, 1968-
Publication
Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2008.

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Description
xiii, 374 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 62
Subject
  • Buddhist literature, Japanese > History and criticism
  • Japanese literature > 1185-1600 > History and criticism
  • Women authors in literature
  • Women authors, Japanese > Heian period, 794-1185 > Fiction
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-356) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translations of some excerpts from the Japanese included.
Contents
Setsuwa sources and the origins of an affair -- Mice in the koto: the otogizōshi Kotohara -- Incest and enlightenment: the otogizōshi Izumi Shikibu -- Tendai tales: Sangoku denki and the Lotus Sutra commentaries -- The Pure Land proselytizing traditions of Seiganji Temple -- Writing redemption: A history of Seiganji in the Capital -- Climbing the Forbidden Mountain: Nyonin kinsei and the gendered proselytizing traditions of Medieval Japan -- Sex and salvation: Izumi Shikibu and the tale of Jōruri -- Popular preaching and the dissemination of culture.
Call Number
JFE 09-596
ISBN
  • 9781929280476 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1929280475 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781929280483 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1929280483 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008037231
OCLC
244567176
Author
Kimbrough, R. Keller, 1968-
Title
Preachers, poets, women, and the way : Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist literature of medieval Japan / R. Keller Kimbrough.
Imprint
Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2008.
Series
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 62
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-356) and index.
Language
Translations of some excerpts from the Japanese included.
Research Call Number
JFE 09-596
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