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Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes examines the affairs of Rinzai Zen’s Toµkeiji Convent, founded in 1285 by nun Kakusan Shidoµ after the death of her husband, Hoµjoµ Tokimune. It traces the convent’s history through seven centuries, including the early nuns’ Zen practice; Abbess Yoµdoµ’s imperial lineage with nuns in purple robes; Hideyori’s seven-year-old daughter—later to become the convent’s twentieth abbess, Tenshuµ—spared by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle for Osaka Castle; Toµkeiji as “divorce temple” during the mid-Edo period and a favorite topic of senryuµ 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” (hoµben) 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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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Figures
  2. p. ix
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xviii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xix-xx
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  1. 1. Winds of Doctrine:The World of Thought and Feeling in Late Kamakura Japan
  2. pp. 1-14
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  1. 2. Muju Ichien’s Mirror for Women(Tsuma kagami, 1300):A Buddhist Vernacular Tract of the Late Kamakura Period
  2. pp. 15-38
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  1. 3. Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Hojo
  2. pp. 39-54
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  1. 4. Princess Yodo’s Purple-clad Nuns
  2. pp. 55-75
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  1. 5. From Sanctuary to Divorce Temple:Abbess Tenshu and the Later Kitsuregawa Administrators
  2. pp. 77-93
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  1. 6. Everyday Life at Matsugaoka Tokeiji:Sacred and Secular
  2. pp. 95-111
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  1. 7. The “Divorce Temple”in Edo Satirical Verse
  2. pp. 113-135
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  1. 8. Meiji through Heisei:Tokeiji and Rinzai Zen Continuity
  2. pp. 137-148
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  1. Appendixes
  2. pp. 149-156
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 157-191
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  1. Annotated Cross-Referenced Indexto Major Cited Texts
  2. pp. 193-203
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 205-227
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 229-246
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