Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes: Japan's Tokeiji Convent Since 1285

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State University of New York Press, 2012/02/01 - 266 ページ
Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes examines the affairs of Rinzai Zen's Tōkeiji Convent, founded in 1285 by nun Kakusan Shidō after the death of her husband, Hōjō Tokimune. It traces the convent's history through seven centuries, including the early nuns' Zen practice; Abbess Yōdō's imperial lineage with nuns in purple robes; Hideyori's seven-year-old daughter—later to become the convent's twentieth abbess, Tenshu—spared by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle for Osaka Castle; Tōkeiji as "divorce temple" during the mid-Edo period and a favorite topic of senryu satirical verse; the convent's gradual decline as a functioning nunnery but its continued survival during the early Meiji persecution of Buddhism; and its current prosperity. The work includes translations, charts, illustrations, bibliographies, and indices. Beyond such historical details, the authors emphasize the convent's "inclusivist" Rinzai Zen practice in tandem with the nearby Engakuji Temple. The rationale for this "inclusivism" is the continuing acceptance of the doctrine of "Skillful Means" (hōben) as expressed in the Lotus Sutra—a notion repudiated or radically reinterpreted by most of the Kamakura reformers. In support of this contention, the authors include a complete translation of the Mirror for Women by Kakusan's contemporary, Mujū Ichien.
 

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The World of Thought and Feeling in Late Kamakura Japan
1
A Buddhist Vernacular Tract of the Late Kamakura Period
15
3 Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Hojo
39
4 Princess Yodos Purpleclad Nuns
55
Abbess Tenshu and the Later Kitsuregawa Administrators
77
Sacred and Secular
95
7 The Divorce Templein Edo Satirical Verse
113
Tokeiji and Rinzai Zen Continuity
137
Appendixes
149
Notes
157
Annotated CrossReferenced Indexto Major Cited Texts
193
Bibliography
205
Index
229
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Sachiko Kaneko Morrell is retired from her position as East Asian Librarian at Washington University in St. Louis. Robert E. Morrell is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature and Buddhism at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu): The Tales of Muju Ichien, A Voice for Pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism, also published by SUNY Press, and Early Kamakura Buddhism: A Minority Report.

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