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The Princess Nun: Bunchi, Buddhist Reform, and Gender in Early Edo Japan

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The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Ensh ji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion.

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The Princess Nun: Bunchi, Buddhist Reform, and Gender in Early Edo Japan 2014, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674491977

Hardcover