Zen sanctuary of purple robes : Japan's Tokeiji convent since 1285 / Sachiko Kaneko Morrell, Robert E. Morrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrell, Sachiko Kaneko, 1930-

Contributor:

Morrell, Robert E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's shelters--Japan--History.

Women's shelters.

Divorce--Japan--History.

Divorce.

Tōkeiji (Kamakura-shi, Japan)--History.

Tōkeiji (Kamakura-shi, Japan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 246 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fascinating look at a Zen convent throughout its history.

Contents:

Intro

Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes

Contents

Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Winds of Doctrine: The World of Thought and Feeling in Late Kamakura Japan

2. Muju Ichien's Mirror for Women (Tsuma kagami, 1300): A Buddhist Vernacular Tract of the Late Kamakura Period

3. Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Hojo

4. Princess Yodo's Purple-clad Nuns

5. From Sanctuary to Divorce Temple: Abbess Tenshu and the Later Kitsuregawa Administrators

6. Everyday Life at Matsugaoka Tokeiji: Sacred and Secular

7. The "Divorce Temple"in Edo Satirical Verse

8. Meiji through Heisei: Tokeiji and Rinzai Zen Continuity

Appendixes

CHART A. ZEN LINEAGE FROM SAKYAMUNI TO THE TO\KEIJI

CHART B. KAKUSAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE HO\JO\ AND ADACHI FAMILIES

CHART C. FROM ASHIKAGA TO THE KITSUREGAWA ADMINISTRATORSAshikaga Tadafuyu (1273-1331)

CHART D. RELATIONSHIPS IN THE TOKEIJI SUCCESSIONDURING THE LATE MUROMACHI AND EARLY EDO PERIODS

CHART E. TO\KEIJI HEAD ABBBESSES AND ACTING ABBESSES

Notes

Annotated Cross-Referenced Indexto Major Cited Texts

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-227) and index.

ISBN:

9780791481448

0791481441

9781429411868

1429411864

OCLC:

74712891