Religion and the Good Life: Motivation, Myth, and Metaphor in a Tokugawa Female Lifestyle Guide

This article examines the uses of religion in a popular female lifestyle guide, the Onna chōhōki, which was originally published in 1692 and geared toward daughters of rising commoner families. The text's author employs religion to intensify the sense of ultimate importance at which his project...

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Main Author: Lindsey, William R. 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2005]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-52
Further subjects:B Daughters
B Women
B Religious Practices
B Good Life
B Morality
B Husbands
B Myths
B Parents
B Lifestyle
B Marriage
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)

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