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 (Harvard East Asian Monographs) [AN 3195255]
	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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