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Women, rites, and ritual objects in premodern Japan / Karen M. Gerhart.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 63.
- Brill's Japanese studies library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ritual--Japan.
- Ritual.
- Women--Japan--Social life and customs.
- Women.
- Rites and ceremonies--Japan--History.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Manners and customs.
- Japan.
- History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Prologue (Ruch); List of Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction (Gerhart); Women; Rites; Ritual Objects; Approaches; References; Part 1. Rituals Related to the Household and Childbirth; Chapter 1. Women and "Moving House" Rituals in Mid-Heian Japan (Gerhart); Chapter 2. Devising the Esoteric Rituals for Women: Fertility and the Demon Mother in the Gushi nintai sanshō himitsu hōshū (Andreeva); Chapter 3. Taira no Tokushi's Birth of Emperor Antoku (Gunji); Part 2. Women and Buddhist Rituals and Icons;
- Chapter 4. A Female Deity as the Focus of a Buddhist Ritual: Kichijō Keka at Hōryūji (Pradel)Chapter 5. The Relic and the Jewel: An Eleventh-Century Miniature Bronze Pagoda to Hold the Bones of a Young Queen (Glassman); Chapter 6. Connecting Kannon to Women Through Print (Fowler); Part 3. Buddhist Women and Death Memorials; Chapter 7. Commemorating Life and Death: The Memorial Culture Surrounding the Rinzai Zen Nun Mugai Nyodai (Fister); Chapter 8. Of Surplices and Certificates: Tracing Mugai Nyodai's Kesa (Bethe); Part 4. Female Patronage, Portraits, and Rituals;
- Chapter 9. Retired Empress and Buddhist Patron: Higashisanjō-in Donates a Set of Icon Curtains in the Illustrated Legends of Ishiyamadera Handscroll (Morrissey)Chapter 10. Life After Death: The Intersection of Patron and Subject in the Portrait of Jōkō-in (Self); Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789004368194
- 9004368191
- OCLC:
- 1043913731
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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