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Author Morrell, Sachiko Kaneko, 1930-

Title Zen sanctuary of purple robes : Japan's Tōkeiji convent since 1285 / Sachiko Kaneko Morrell, Robert E. Morrell
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 246 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Winds of doctrine : the world of thought and feeling in Late Kamakura Japan -- Ch. 2 Muju Ichien's Mirror for women (Tsuma kagami, 1300), a Buddhist vernacular tract of the Late Kamakura period -- Ch. 3 Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Hojo -- Ch. 4 Princess Yodo's purple-clad nuns -- Ch. 5 From sanctuary to divorce temple : Abbess Tenshu and the Later Kitsuregawa administrators -- Ch. 6 Everyday life at Matsugaoka Tokeiji : sacred and secular -- Ch. 7 "divorce temple" in Edo satirical verse
Summary A fascinating look at a Zen convent throughout its history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-227) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Tōkeiji (Kamakura-shi, Japan) -- History
SUBJECT Tōkeiji (Kamakura-shi, Japan) fast
Subject Women's shelters -- Japan -- History
Divorce -- Japan -- History
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
Divorce
Women's shelters
Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Morrell, Robert E
LC no. 2005027280
ISBN 1429411864
9781429411868
9780791481448
0791481441
0791468275
0791468283
9780791468289
9780791468272