The Princess Nun

Bunchi, Buddhist Reform, and Gender in Early Edo Japan

Gina Cogan

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ISBN 9780674491977

Publication Date: 03/03/2014

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336 pages

6 x 9 inches

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List of Figures*
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Note to the Reader
Introduction
1. Bunchi’s Birth and Early Childhood
2. Bunchi’s Marriage
3. Bunchi’s Buddhist Education
4. Bunchi, Isshi, and Reform
5. The Monastic Body, Desire, and Sex
6. Reclusion and Spatiality
7. Enshōji: Surroundings and People
8. Discipline and Community at Enshōji
9. Precepts and Ordination at Enshōji
Bunchi at Court
Conclusion
Appendix: “Chronicle of Universal Gate Mountain”
List of Characters
Bibliography
Index

* Figures
- 6.1 Detail of a map of the Shūgakuin area
- 7.1 Yamamura Enshōji, Main Hall
- 10.1 Bunchi’s mausoleum at Yamamura Enshōji
- 10.2 Grave markers at Yamamura Enshōji

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