Women, Children, and the Inner Chamber in the Life of the Buddha: Chinese Buddhist Woodblock Illustrations in Late Imperial China Jie ZHANG Shantou, Guangdong, China Bachelor of Social Science (Geography) National University of Singapore 2017 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts East Asia Center University of Virginia December 2022 Committee Members Associate Professor Natasha Heller (Department of Religious Studies) Assistant Professor Henry Skerritt (Department of Art)