When the young Princess Sonshi became a Buddhist nun in the year 984, a scholar-official of the royal court was commissioned to create a guide to the Buddhist religion that would be accessible for her. He did so in the form of the illustrated works of fiction (monogatari) that appealed to women...
Chloe Starr, Editor
Routledge Press
Publication Date: 2009
Daria Berg (Editor), Chloe Starr (Editor)
Kang-i Sun Chang
Yale University Press
Publication Date: 1991
Kang-i Sun Chang
Asian Culture Press
Publication Date: 1992
In the first part of the twentieth century, Korean Buddhists, despite living under colonial rule, reconfigured sacred objects, festivals, urban temples, propagation—and even their own identities—to modernize and elevate Korean Buddhism. By focusing on six case studies, this book highlights the...
Kang-i Sun Chang
Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1980
Kang-i Sun Chang
Beijing University Press
Publication Date: 2004
Seth Jacobowitz
Kurodahan Press
Publication date: 2008
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Kang-i Sun Chang and Stephen Owen, eds.
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2010
Kang-i Sun Chang and Stephen Owen, eds.
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2010