Letters Of The Nun Eshinni

Eshinni (1182-1268?), a Buddhist nun and the wife of Shinran (1173-1262), the celebrated founder of the True Pure Land, or Shin, school of Buddhism, was largely unknown until the discovery of a collection of her letters in 1921. In this study, James C. Dobbins, a leading scholar of Pure Land Buddhism, has made creative use of these letters to shed new light on life and religion in medieval Japan.

James C. Dobbins is professor of religion and East Asian studies at Oberlin College.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

xiii

PART I. ESHINNI'S LETTERS

1. Eshinni and Her Letters

3

(20)

2. The Letters of Eshinni: A Translation

23

(22)

PART II. ESHINNI'S WORLD

3. Pure Land Buddhism and the Medieval Experience

45

(29)

4. Women, Sexuality, and Pure Land Buddhism

74

(33)

5. The Medieval and the Modern in Shin Buddhism

107

(45)

Afterword

152

(5)

Notes

157

(54)

Character Glossary

211

(10)

Bibliography

221

(24)

Index

245

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