The Gates of Power : : Monks, Courtiers, and Warriors in Premodern Japan / / Mikael S. Adolphson.
The political influence of temples in premodern Japan, most clearly manifested in divine demonstrations-where rowdy monks and shrine servants brought holy symbols to the capital to exert pressure on courtiers-has traditionally been condemned and is poorly understood. In an impressive examination of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Translation and Japanese Names
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Monastic Developments in the Heian Age
- 3. Capital Politics and Religious Disturbances in the Shirakawa Era (1072-1129)
- 4. Temples as Allies or Divine Enemies during the Tumultuous Years of Go-Shirakawa (1155-1192)
- 5. Religious Conflicts and Shared Rulership in the Late Thirteenth Century
- 6. Protesting and Fighting in the Name of the Kami and the Buddhas
- 7. Religious Elites and the Ashikaga Bakufu: Collapsing the Gates of Power
- 8. Epilogue: Religious Power and the Power of Religion in Premodern Japan
- Appendixes: Conflicts Involving Enryakuji and Kòfukuji, 1061-1400
- Notes
- Glossary of Terms and Names
- References
- Index