Uncertain Powers: Sen’yōmon-in and Landownership by Royal Women in Early Medieval Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Uncertain Powers: Sen’yōmon-in and Landownership by Royal Women in Early Medieval Japan
	Copyright
	Dedication
	Contents
	List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
	Acknowledgments
	List of Abbreviations
	Note to the Reader
	Introduction
	PART I The Nyoin Title and Royal Women’s Roles at Court
		1 The Emergence and Evolution of the Nyoin Institution
		2 The Busy Religious Life of Nyoin: Funding Buddhist Rituals and Coordinating Pilgrimages
	PART II Power and Struggle: Sen’yōmon-in as a Royal Heiress
		3 Death and Inheritance—The Sudden Rise of Sen’yōmon-in
		4 Layers of Information—The List of Rokujō Palace Estates
		5 Protecting a Nyoin Household
		6 Material Goods from the Estates and Sen’yōmon-in’s Influence
		7 Sen’yōmon-in’s Seasonal Festivities and Religious Ceremonies
		8 Sen’yōmon-in’s Final Years and the Transfer of Her Estates
	PART III Comparative Perspectives: Sen’yōmon-in, Other Nyoin, and Their Male Counterparts
		9 Nyoin Power-Wielding Strategies
		10 Estate Characteristics: Location, Industry, and Historical Significance
	Conclusion
	Glossary
	Bibliography
	Index
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