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Overall, the book should serve as a valuable complement in graduate courses to other classic works on the Pure Land tradition such as James Dobbins' Jo do Shinshu (1989) and English-translation primary texts available from medieval Pure Land leaders such as Ippen, Ho nen, Shinran, and Rennyo. . . . In sum, Griffiths' book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on medieval Japanese Buddhism, in particular the activities of women and the practice of Pure Land devotionalism. Indeed, as a gender- and class-inclusive social history of Pure Land practice, it is unparalleled.-- Journal of Religion in Japan

"Overall, the book should serve as a valuable complement in graduate courses to other classic works on the Pure Land tradition such as James Dobbins' Jōdo Shinshū (1989) and English-translation primary texts available from medieval Pure Land leaders such as Ippen, Hōnen, Shinran, and Rennyo. . . . In sum, Griffiths' book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on medieval Japanese Buddhism, in particular the activities of women and the practice of Pure Land devotionalism. Indeed, as a gender- and class-inclusive social history of Pure Land practice, it is unparalleled.-- ""Journal of Religion in Japan"""

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Caitilin Griffiths teaches premodern Japanese history and culture at the University of Toronto. Richard K. Payne is Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley.

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