Tracing the Itinerant Path: Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan
Medieval Japan was a fluid society in which many wanderers, including religious preachers, traveled the roads. One popular band of itinerant proselytizers was the jishū from the Yugyō school, a gender inclusive Amida Pure Land Buddhist group. This dissertation details the particular circumstances of...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/26185 |