Preface Barbara Ruch List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Introduction Karen M. Gerhart Part 1 Rituals Related to the Household and Childbirth 1 Women and "Moving-House" Rituals in Mid-Heian Japan Karen M. Gerhart 2 Devising Esoteric Rituals for Women: Fertility and the Demon Mother in the Gushi nintai sansho himitsu hoshu Anna Andreeva 3 Taira no Tokushi's Birth of Emperor Antoku Naoko Gunji Part 2 Women and Buddhist Rituals and Icons 4 A Female Deity as the Focus of a Buddhist Ritual: Kichijo Keka at Horyuji Chari Pradel 5 The Relic and the Jewel: An Eleventh-Century Miniature Bronze Pagoda to Hold the Bones of a Young Queen Hank Glassman 6 Connecting Kannon to Women Through Print Sherry Fowler Part 3 Buddhist Women and Death Memorials 7 Commemorating Life and Death: The Memorial Culture Surrounding the Rinzai Zen Nun Mugai Nyodai Patricia Fister 8 Of Surplices and Certificates: Tracing Mugai Nyodai's Kesa Monica Bethe Part 4 Female Patronage, Portraits, and Rituals 9 Retired Empress and Buddhist Patron: Higashisanjo-in Donates a Set of Icon Curtains in the Illustrated Legends of Ishiyamadera Handscroll Elizabeth Morrissey 10 Life After Death: The Intersection of Patron and Subject in the Portrait of Joko-in Elizabeth Self Index
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