Engendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan |
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Contents
Illustrations | xi |
Notes to the Reader | xvii |
An Overview of the Studies That Follow | xliii |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Engendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan Issue 43 of Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies, ISSN 1557-430X |
| Author | Barbara Ruch |
| Editor | Barbara Ruch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Jul 17, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1929280157, 9781929280155 |
| Length | 706 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General |
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