The Purple Robe Incident and the Formation of the Early Modern Sōtō Zen Institution

The transition from the medieval to the early modern Buddhist order was directed in large measure by a new regulatory regime instituted by the Tokugawa bakufu. These new directives issued from Edo increasingly regulated every aspect of both political and religious life during the first half of the s...

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Main Author: Williams, Duncan Ryūken 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2009]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-43
Further subjects:B Aristocracy
B Clerics
B Abbots
B Zen Buddhism
B Robes
B Religious Studies
B Government Regulation
B Temples
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