Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan (Studies in East Asian Buddhism)
"Well written and well edited, this book is a landmark in scholarship on Japanese Buddhism, women and Buddhism, and the history of monastic institutions." --Fabio Rambelli,Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "This meticulously researched volume documents how women in Japanese Buddhist orders negotiated the constraints of their presumed inferiority, barriers to Buddhist education, and obstacles to full ordination."