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Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan |
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Dobbins, James C.
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| Date | 2004 |
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| Publisher | University of Hawai‘i Press |
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http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/
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| Location | Honolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | James C. Dobbins is professor of religion and East Asian studies at Oberlin College. |
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| Abstract | Eshinni (1182-1268?), a Buddhist nun and the wife of Shinran (1173-1262), the celebrated founder of the True Pure Land, or Shin, school of Buddhism, was largely unknown until the discovery of a collection of her letters in 1921. In this study, James C. Dobbins, a leading scholar of Pure Land Buddhism, has made creative use of these letters to shed new light on life and religion in medieval Japan. He provides a complete translation of the letters and an explication of them that reveals the character and flavor of early Shin Buddhism. Readers will come away with a new perspective on Pure Land scholarship and a vivid image of Eshinni and the world in which she lived. After situating the ideas and practices in the context of the actual living conditions of 13th-century Japan, Dobbins examines the portrayal of women in Pure Land Buddhism, the great range of lifestyles found among medieval women and nuns, and how they constructed a meaningful religious life amid negative stereotypes. |
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| Table of contents | Part I. Eshinni's letters --
Eshinni and her letters --
The letters of Eshinni : a translation --
Part II: Eshinni's world --
Pure Land Buddhism and the medieval experience --
Women, sexuality, and Pure Land Buddhism --
The medieval and the modern in Shin Buddhism. |
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| ISBN | 9780824826673 |
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| Created date | 2015.03.10 |
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