Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes: Japan's Tokeiji Convent Since 1285

268 Pages·2006·3.376 MB·English

by  Sachiko Kaneko Morrell, Robert E. Morrell

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en

Sanctua ry
of

Purple Robes
Japan’s T(cid:319)keiji 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
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Japan’s Tokeiji 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
2005027280
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
In Fond Remembrance
of
Abbot Inoue Zenjo
1911–2006
the white bellflower
certainly appears to have
the buddha-nature!

Contents
Figures ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xix
1. Winds of Doctrine: The World of Thought and Feeling in
Late Kamakura Japan 1
2. Muju\Ichien’s Mirror for Women(Tsuma kagami, 1300):
A Buddhist Vernacular Tract of the Late Kamakura Period 15
3. Abbess Kakusan and the Kamakura Ho\jo\ 39
4. Princess Yo\do\’sPurple-clad Nuns 55
5. From Sanctuary to Divorce Temple:
Abbess Tenshu\and the Later Kitsuregawa Administrators 77
6. Everyday Life at Matsugaoka To\keiji: Sacred and Secular 95
7. The “Divorce Temple” in Edo Satirical Verse 113
8. Meiji through Heisei: To\keiji and Rinzai Zen Continuity 137
Appendixes
Chart A. Zen Lineage from S:a\kyamuni to the To\keiji 150
Chart B. Kakusan’s Relationship to the Ho\jo\and Adachi Families 153
Chart C. From Ashikaga to the Kitsuregawa Administrators 154
Chart D. Relationships in the To\keiji Succession during the Late
Muromachi and Early Edo Periods 155
Chart E. To\keiji Head Abbesses and Acting Abbesses 156
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viii Contents
Notes 157
Annotated Cross-Referenced Index to Major Cited Texts 193
Bibliography 205
Index 229
Figures
Viewof the Matsugaoka Convent Complex
from Engakuji’s Great Bell Platform Frontispiece
1. Suigetsu Kannon 14
2. Kakusan Shido\ 49
3. To\keiji’s Gentoku 4 (1332) (Indian Bell) 58
4. Edo Sketch of To\keiji Convent 68
5. To\keiji’s Buddha Hall 70
6. Abbess Tenshu\ 81
7. Letter from Monk Takuan 84
8. Separation Paper under the Temple Code 91
9. “Preparing Beds” 98
10. “Dining Room” 99
11. “Meditation Posture” 101
12. Matsugaoka Diary 104
13. To\keiji Premises 107
14. To\keiji Burial Ground 144
15. Sho\Kannon 147
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