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Hokkeji and the reemergence of female monastic orders in premodern Japan

Title
Hokkeji and the reemergence of female monastic orders in premodern Japan / Lori Meeks.
Author
Meeks, Lori Rachelle, 1976-
Publication
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2010.

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Description
xi, 408 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 23
Uniform Title
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 23.
Subject
  • Hokkeji (Nara-shi, Japan) > Religion
  • Buddhist nuns > Japan > Nara-shi
  • Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women > Japan > Nara-shi
  • Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) > Japan > Nara-shi
Note
  • "A Kuroda Institute Book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 10-4471
ISBN
  • 9780824833947 (hard cover : alk. paper)
  • 0824833945 (hard cover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009032538
OCLC
430344739
Author
Meeks, Lori Rachelle, 1976-
Title
Hokkeji and the reemergence of female monastic orders in premodern Japan / Lori Meeks.
Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2010.
Series
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 23
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 23.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-4471
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