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I will complete a book manuscript on the worship of Jizo bodhisattva in medieval and early modern Japan. By illuminating three facets of the Jizo cult -- the iconography of Jizo in "welcoming descent," the legend safe childbirth Jizo of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, and the development of the cult of the "Shogun Jizo" among warriors -- I will illuminate, respectively, the religious concerns and needs of clerics, women, and warriors from the thirteenth century through the seventeenth. Drawing from a wide array of sources, I will study historical documents, literary works, doctrinal texts, illustrated books, and paintings. The project should be of interest to specialists in Japanese history, religious culture of Japan, Buddhism, and gender.