The Development of the Kenmitsu System as Japan's Medieval Orthodoxy
Medieval Japan was dominated by a religious system, the so-called kenmitsu system, which provided a cohesive ideological structure for its social and political order. It arose against the backdrop of the medieval estate system and the emerging peasant class. The core of the kenmitsu system was esote...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[1996]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 1996, Volume: 23, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 233-269 |
| Further subjects: | B
Emperors
B Aristocracy B Religious Practices B Vajrayana B Esotericism B Religious Studies B Pure Land Buddhism |
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