Mediating between the Religious World and the Masses: Picture Deciphering by the Itinerant Nuns of Kumano

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dc.contributor.authorSaka, Chihiro
dc.contributor.supervisorPoulton, M. Cody
dc.contributor.supervisorAdam, Martin T.
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-03T22:20:03Z
dc.date.available2013-07-03T22:20:03Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-07-03
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Pacific and Asian Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractKumano bikuni (the Buddhist nuns of Kumano) are itinerant female religious performers who were particularly active between the 16th and 18th centuries in Japan. Travelling across the country, they promoted the syncretic belief of the Kumano mountains, popular pilgrimage sites that have attracted a variety of people regardless of class, gender, and religious affiliation. To raise funds for temples and shrines there, they performed etoki (literally, picture deciphering) that addressed the everyday concerns of the masses, and especially women. Conceptualizing Kumano bikuni as mediators who bridged the religious world and the masses, this thesis examines how Kumano bikuni reflected perspectives of the audience at etoki performance and responded to diverse interests of different groups.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0320en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0332en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0453en_US
dc.description.proquestemailchihiro_620@hotmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4677
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectKumano bikuni (Nuns of Kumano)en_US
dc.subjectEtoki (Picture Deciphering)en_US
dc.subjectKumano Heart Contemplation Ten Worlds Mandalaen_US
dc.subjectKumano beliefen_US
dc.subjectLate Medieval Japanen_US
dc.subjectEarly Modern Japanen_US
dc.subjectItinerant Female Religious Performersen_US
dc.titleMediating between the Religious World and the Masses: Picture Deciphering by the Itinerant Nuns of Kumanoen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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