Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan

‎Contents
‎Prologue (Ruch)
‎List of Figures and Tables
	‎Figures
	‎Tables
‎List of Contributors
‎Introduction (Gerhart)
	‎Women
	‎Rites
	‎Ritual Objects
	‎Approaches
	‎References
‎Part 1. Rituals Related to the Household and Childbirth
	‎Chapter 1. Women and “Moving House” Rituals in Mid-Heian Japan (Gerhart)
	‎Chapter 2. Devising the Esoteric Rituals for Women: Fertility and the Demon Mother in the Gushi nintai sanshō himitsu hōshū (Andreeva)
	‎Chapter 3. Taira no Tokushi’s Birth of Emperor Antoku (Gunji)
‎Part 2. Women and Buddhist Rituals and Icons
	‎Chapter 4. A Female Deity as the Focus of a Buddhist Ritual: Kichijō Keka at Hōryūji (Pradel)
	‎Chapter 5. The Relic and the Jewel: An Eleventh-Century Miniature Bronze Pagoda to Hold the Bones of a Young Queen (Glassman)
	‎Chapter 6. Connecting Kannon to Women Through Print (Fowler)
‎Part 3. Buddhist Women and Death Memorials
	‎Chapter 7. Commemorating Life and Death: The Memorial Culture Surrounding the Rinzai Zen Nun Mugai Nyodai (Fister)
	‎Chapter 8. Of Surplices and Certificates: Tracing Mugai Nyodai’s Kesa (Bethe)
‎Part 4. Female Patronage, Portraits, and Rituals
	‎Chapter 9. Retired Empress and Buddhist Patron: Higashisanjō-in Donates a Set of Icon Curtains in the Illustrated Legends of Ishiyamadera Handscroll (Morrissey)
	‎Chapter 10. Life After Death: The Intersection of Patron and Subject in the Portrait of Jōkō-in (Self)
‎Index