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The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (16191697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion.

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      Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
      Publication Date: 03/03/2014
      ISBN13: 9780674491977, 978-0674491977
      ISBN10: 0674491971
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      Asian history Buddhism

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      Book Synopsis
      The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (16191697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion.

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