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Letters of the Nun Eshinni Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan\nby James C. Dobbins\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: James C. Dobbins\nTitle: Letters of the Nun Eshinni Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Buddhism\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press\nPublication year: 2004\nISBN-13: 9780824828707\nISBN-10: 0824828704\nRRP: \u00A326.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe letters of Eshinni (1182-1268?), a Buddhist nun and the wife of Shinran (1173-1262), the founder of the Shin school of Buddhism, were discovered in 1921. James C. Dobbins usesthese letters to shed new light on life and religion in medieval Japan.\n\nThe letters of Eshinni (1182-1268?), a Buddhist nun and the wife of Shinran (1173-1262), the founder o.