Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes

Robert E. Morrell, Sachiko Kaneko Morrell

Description

Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes examines the affairs of Rinzai Zen's Tōkeiji Convent, founded in 1285 by nun Kakusan Shidō after the death of her husband, Hōjō Tokimune. It traces the convent's history through seven centuries, including the early nuns' Zen practice; Abbess Yōdō's imperial lineage with nuns in purple robes; Hideyori's seven-year-old daughter—later to become the convent's twentieth abbess, Tenshu—spared by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle for Osaka Castle; Tōkeiji as "divorce temple" during the mid-Edo period and a favorite topic of senryu 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" (hōben) 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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Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Winds of Doctrine: The World of Thought and Feeling in Late Kamakura Japan 

2. Mujū Ichien’s Mirror for Women (Tsuma kagami, 1300): A Buddhist Vernacular Tract of the Late Kamakura Period

3. Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Hōjō

4. Princess Yōdō’s Purple-clad Nuns

5. From Sanctuary to Divorce Temple: Abbess Tenshū and the Later Kitsuregawa Administrators

6. Everyday Life at Matèsugaoka Tōkeiji : Sacred and Secular

7. The “Divorce Temple” in Edo Satirical Verse

8. Meiji through Heisei: Tōkeiji and Rinzai Zen Continuity

Appendixes

Chart A.Zen Lineage from Śākyamuni to the Tōkeiji
Chart B.Kakusan’s Relationship to the Hōjō and Adachi Families 
Chart C.From Ashikaga to the Kitsuregawa Administrators
Chart D.Relationships in the Tōkeiji Succession during the Late Muromachi and Early Edo Periods
Chart E.Tōkeiji Head Abbesses and Acting Abbesses

Notes
Annotated Cross-Referenced Index to Major Cited Texts
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• Buddhism
• History of religions

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791481448
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Z en Sanctuary  of oResebPplur  Japan’s TĿkeiji Convent Since 1285

 Sachiko Kaneko Morrell  Robert E. Morrell

Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes

View of the Matsugaoka Convent Complex from Engakuji’s Great Bell Platform. Kita- Kamakura. (To\keiji Collection)

Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes

Japan’s T o\keiji Convent Since 1285

Sachiko Kaneko Morrell Robert E. Morrell

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Morrell, Sachiko Kaneko, 1930– Zen sanctuary of purple robes : Japan’s Tokeiji convent since 1285 / Sachiko Kaneko Morrell, Robert E. Morrell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6827-5 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6828-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Tokeiji (Kamakura-shi, Japan)—History. 2. Women’s shelters—Japan—History. 3. Divorce—Japan—History. I. Morrell, Robert E. II. Title.

BQ6353.K342T656 2006 294.3'570820952136—dc22

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In Fond Remembrance of Abbot Inoue Zenjo 1911–2006

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Contents

Winds of Doctrine: The World of Thought and Feeling in Late Kamakura Japan

Muju\Ichien’sMirror for Women(Tsuma kagami, 1300): A Buddhist Vernacular Tract of the Late Kamakura Period

Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Ho\jo

Princess Yo\do\’s Purple-clad Nuns

From Sanctuary to Divorce Temple: Abbess Tenshu\and the Later Kitsuregawa Administrators

Everyday Life at Matsugaoka To\keiji: Sacred and Secular

The “Divorce Temple” in Edo Satirical Verse

Meiji through Heisei: To\keiji and Rinzai Zen Continuity

Appendixes Chart A. Zen Lineage from S:a\kyamuni to the To\keiji Chart B. Kakusan’s Relationship to the Ho\jo\and Adachi Families Chart C. From Ashikaga to the Kitsuregawa Administrators Chart D. Relationships in the To\keiji Succession during the Late Muromachi and Early Edo Periods Chart E. To\keiji Head Abbesses and Acting Abbesses

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View of the Matsugaoka Convent Complex from Engakuji’s Great Bell Platform 1. Suigetsu Kannon 2. Kakusan Shido\ 3. To\keiji’s Gentoku 4 (1332) (Indian Bell) 4. Edo Sketch of To\keiji Convent 5. To\keiji’s Buddha Hall 6. Abbess Tenshu\ 7. Letter from Monk Takuan 8. Separation Paper under the Temple Code 9. “Preparing Beds” 10. “Dining Room” 11. “Meditation Posture” 12.Matsugaoka Diary 13. To\keiji Premises 14. To\keiji Burial Ground 15. Sho\Kannon

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