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Songs and Sermons of Hell: Preaching about Women in Japanese Buddhism (In Japanese)

The USC Shinso Center for Japanese Religions and Culture presents Professor Naomi Kodate on the history of special hells associated with women. Lecture will be in Japanese.

When:
September 9, 2016 3:00pm to 4:30pm
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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.
 
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public