Entering the Temple: Priests, Peasants, and Village Contention in Tokugawa Japan

Despite the ubiquity of the Buddhist clergy in rural communities during the early modern period, these religious figures have long been relegated to the marginalia of social histories on Tokugawa Japan. This article seeks to re-situate Buddhist temples and their abbatial residents in our models of v...

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Main Author: Vesey, Alexander M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2001]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 293-328
Further subjects:B Clerics
B Abbots
B Buddhism
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Samurai
B Peasant class
B Villages
B Temples
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