Background
Some details of her life are not certain, but it is generally believed that she was given the childhood name Chiyono, and her father was Adachi Yasumori (1231–1285), a samurai warrior of the mid-Kamakura period.
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Mugai Nyodai
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She was highly educated in both Japanese and Chinese. At this time he conferred upon her the character "mu", meaning nothingness, from his own name, and designated Nyodai as his successor. Despite resistance by the monks, Nyodai eventually founded and served as abbess of the Keiaiji Temple and its subtemples in Northern Kyoto.
Nyodai was also active in calligraphy, and her calligraphy was prized second only to Taira-no-Masako, a matriarch of the Kamakura shogunate.
As was customary for all monastic leaders at the time, a portrait statue was made of Nyodai with shaved head and monk"s robes. This statue was carved toward the end of her life, around 1298.
lieutenant is now enshrined in Hojiin convent in Kyoto. The nuns" rituals included a rare performance of the scattering of paper lotus petals in a circumambulation to gagaku music, led by Abbess Shozui Rokujo of Domyoji Convent.
Chief Abbot Keido Fukushima of Tōfuku-ji monastery performed a special incense burning and poetic invocation.
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There was also the world premiere of "Mind in Mirror: Nyodai"s Dream", composed by Yuriko Hase Kojima for shakuhachi, pipa, and bass koto, and an offering of songs composed by the medieval German Catholic nun, Hildegard von Bingen, performed by members of Columbia University"s Collegium Musicum.
