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| The Princess Nun: Bunchi, Buddhist Reform, and Gender in Early Edo Japan | ||
| 作者 | Cogan, Gina (著) |
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| 出版日期 | 2014 |
| 頁次 | 336 |
| 出版者 | Harvard University Asia Center |
| 出版者網址 | https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/ |
| 出版地 | Cambridge, MA, US [劍橋, 麻薩諸塞州, 美國] |
| 叢書名 | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author Affiliation: Boston University, USA. |
| 摘要 | The Princess Nun tells the story of Bunchi (1619–1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshōji. Bunchi advocated strict adherence to monastic precepts while devoting herself to the posthumous welfare of her family. As the first full-length biographical study of a premodern Japanese nun, this book incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi’s ascetic practice and religious reforms to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Gina Cogan’s approach moves beyond the dichotomy of oppression and liberation that dogs the study of non-Western and premodern women to show how Bunchi’s aristocratic status enabled her to carry out reforms despite her gender, while simultaneously acknowledging how that same status contributed to their conservative nature. Cogan’s analysis of how Bunchi used her prestigious position to further her goals places the book in conversation with other works on powerful religious women, like Hildegard of Bingen and Teresa of Avila. Through its illumination of the relationship between the court and the shogunate and its analysis of the practice of courtly Buddhism from a female perspective, this study brings historical depth and fresh theoretical insight into the role of gender and class in early Edo Buddhism. |
| 目次 | Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 Bunchi’s Birth and Early Childhood 24 CHAPTER 2 Bunchi’s Marriage 46 CHAPTER 3 Bunchi’s Buddhist Education 72 CHAPTER 4 Bunchi, Isshi, and Reform 96 CHAPTER 5 The Monastic Body, Desire, and Sex 115 CHAPTER 6 Reclusion and Spatiality 139 CHAPTER 7 Enshōji: Surroundings and People 166 CHAPTER 8 Discipline and Community at Enshōji 191 CHAPTER 9 Precepts and Ordination at Enshōji 214 CHAPTER 10 Bunchi at Court 230 Conclusion 256 Appendix: “Chronicle of Universal Gate Mountain” 263 List of Characters 271 Bibliography 277 Index 291 Back Matter 310 |
| ISBN | 9780674491977 (hbc); 0674491971 |
| DOI | 10.2307/j.ctt1x07wjg |
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| 點閱次數 | 47 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.12.30 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.12.31 |
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