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TITLE: |
Letters of the nun Eshinni : images of Pure Land Buddhism in medieval Japan / James C. Dobbins. |
AUTHOR: |
Dobbins, James C., 1949- |
PUBLISHED: |
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2004. |
DESCRIPTION: |
xvi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-244) and index. |
NOTES: |
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 -- |
NOTES: |
Women, sexuality, and Pure Land Buddhism -- The medieval and the modern in Shin Buddhism. |
SUBJECT: |
Eshin-ni, 1182?-1268?--Correspondence. |
SUBJECT: |
Kakushin-ni, 1224?-1283?--Correspondence. |
SUBJECT: |
Buddhist priests' spouses--Japan--Correspondence. |
SUBJECT: |
Shinran, 1173-1263. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Eshin-ni, 182?-1268? |
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