In this lecture, Professor Naomi Kodate, who has written prolifically on women and Buddhism in Japan’s late medieval and early modern periods, will discuss the history of special hells associated with women. In particular, she will discuss these hells as they appear in popular sermons and storytelling, in hymns chanted by women’s confraternities, and in the visual record.
Lecture will be in Japanese.
Bio
Professor Naomi Kodate was born in Tokyo in 1956. She received a degree in Theatre Studies from Nihon University College of Art and undertook doctoral studies at Toyo University. She is currently a lecturer at both Toyo University and Meiji University.