Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan
"Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan, edited by Karen M. Gerhart, is a multidisciplinary examination of rituals featuring women, in which significant attention is paid to objects produced for and utilized in these rites as a lens through which larger cultural concerns, such as g...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Brill's Japanese Studies Library
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Japan
Religious life and customs
B Women Religious life (Japan) B Rites and ceremonies (Japan) History B Anthropology of religion (Japan) B Women Religious aspects B Religious articles (Japan) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Gerhart, Karen M: Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan. - Boston : BRILL,c2018. - 9789004370111 |
| Summary: | "Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan, edited by Karen M. Gerhart, is a multidisciplinary examination of rituals featuring women, in which significant attention is paid to objects produced for and utilized in these rites as a lens through which larger cultural concerns, such as gender politics, the female body, class, and materiality, and the importance of objects as active participant in rituals, are explored. The ten chapters encounter women, rites, and ritual objects in many new and interactive ways and constitute a pioneering attempt to combine ritual and gendered analysis with the study of objects"-- Intro -- Contents -- Prologue (Ruch) -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction (Gerhart) -- Women -- Rites -- Ritual Objects -- Approaches -- References -- Part 1. Rituals Related to the Household and Childbirth -- Chapter 1. Women and "Moving House" Rituals in Mid-Heian Japan (Gerhart) -- Chapter 2. Devising the Esoteric Rituals for Women: Fertility and the Demon Mother in the Gushi nintai sanshō himitsu hōshū (Andreeva) -- Chapter 3. Taira no Tokushi's Birth of Emperor Antoku (Gunji) -- Part 2. Women and Buddhist Rituals and Icons -- Chapter 4. A Female Deity as the Focus of a Buddhist Ritual: Kichijō Keka at Hōryūji (Pradel) -- Chapter 5. The Relic and the Jewel: An Eleventh-Century Miniature Bronze Pagoda to Hold the Bones of a Young Queen (Glassman) -- Chapter 6. Connecting Kannon to Women Through Print (Fowler) -- Part 3. Buddhist Women and Death Memorials -- Chapter 7. Commemorating Life and Death: The Memorial Culture Surrounding the Rinzai Zen Nun Mugai Nyodai (Fister) -- Chapter 8. Of Surplices and Certificates: Tracing Mugai Nyodai's Kesa (Bethe) -- Part 4. Female Patronage, Portraits, and Rituals -- Chapter 9. Retired Empress and Buddhist Patron: Higashisanjō-in Donates a Set of Icon Curtains in the Illustrated Legends of Ishiyamadera Handscroll (Morrissey) -- Chapter 10. Life After Death: The Intersection of Patron and Subject in the Portrait of Jōkō-in (Self) -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 9004368191 |