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

Contents

Figures ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xix 1. Winds of Doctrine: The World of Thought and Feeling in Late Kamakura Japan 1 2. Muju\ Ichien’s Mirror for Women (Tsuma kagami, 1300): A Buddhist Vernacular Tract of the Late Kamakura Period 15 3. Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Ho\jo\ 39 4. Princess Yo\do\’s Purple-clad Nuns 55 5. From Sanctuary to Divorce Temple: Abbess Tenshu\ and the Later Kitsuregawa Administrators 77 6. Everyday Life at Matsugaoka To\keiji: Sacred and Secular 95 7. The “Divorce Temple” in Edo Satirical Verse 113 8. Meiji through Heisei: To\keiji and Rinzai Zen Continuity 137 Appendixes Chart A. Zen Lineage from S:a\kyamuni to the To\keiji 150 Chart B. Kakusan’s Relationship to the Ho\jo\ and Adachi Families 153 Chart C. From Ashikaga to the Kitsuregawa Administrators 154 Chart D. Relationships in the To\keiji Succession during the Late Muromachi and Early Edo Periods 155 Chart E. To\keiji Head Abbesses and Acting Abbesses 156 Contents vii Notes 157 Annotated Cross-Referenced Index to Major Cited Texts 193 Bibliography 205 Index 229 Contents viii ...