Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID19169124
AuthorsLori Meeks (0000-0003-1379-3938, corresponding author), Lori R Meeks
Year2017
Pages432
Publication date2017-12-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueHokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9780824860646
OpenAlexW1528737301
ISBN9780824860646
Open LibraryOL29357453M
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Hokkeji, an ancient Nara temple that once stood at the apex of a state convent network established by Queen-Consort Komyo (701-760), possesses a history that in some ways is bigger than itself. Its development is emblematic of larger patterns in the history of female monasticism in Japan. In Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan, Lori Meeks explores the revival of Japan's most famous convent, an institution that had endured some four hundred years of decline following its establishment. With the help of the Ritsu (Vinaya)-revivalist priest Eison (1201-1290), privately professed women who had taken up residence at Hokkeji succeeded in reestablishing a nuns' ordination lineage in Japan. Meeks considers a broad range of issues surrounding women's engagement with Buddhism during a time when their status within the tradition was undergoing significant change

Ancient history · Archaeology · Buddhism · Doctrine · Monasticism · Scholasticism · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces

Tools

Open DOILibgen