Preachers, poets, women, and the way
Subtitle: Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist literature of medieval Japan
By: R. Keller Kimbrough.
Series: Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies -- 62
Publisher: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781929280476; 9781929280483
Subjects: Buddhist literature, Japanese -- History and criticism; Japanese literature -- 1185-1600 -- History and criticism; Women authors in literature; Women authors, Japanese -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Fiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translaltions of some excerpts from the Japanese included.
Table of contents: title: Setsuwa sources and the origins of an affair; title: Mice in the koto: the otogizōshi Kotohara; title: Incest and enlightenment: the otogizōshi Izumi Shikibu; title: Tendai tales: Sangoku denki and  the Lotus Sutra commentaries; title: The Pure Land proselytizing traditions of Seiganji Temple; title: Writing redemption: A history of Seiganji in the Capital; title: Climbing the Forbidden Mountain: Nyonin kinsei and the gendered proselytizing traditions of Medieval Japan; title: Salvation: Izumi Shikibu and the tale of Jōruri; title: Popular preaching and the dissemination of culture.