Hokkeji and the reemergence of female monastic orders in premodern Japan / Lori Meeks. [electronic resource] /

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Pilgrimage, Popular Devotion, and the Reemergenceof 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.

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