McMullin Buddhism and the State in Sixteenth-Century Japan

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5597-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 454 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

The author reassesses the reasons for Nobunaga's attacks on the Buddhist temples and explores the long-term effects of his activities on the temples and on the relation between Buddhism and the state.

Originally published in 1985.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

McMullin, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix
Map of Central Japan in the Sixteenth Century, pg. 1
INTRODUCTION, pg. 3
CHAPTER I. The Buddhist Temples, pg. 15
CHAPTER II. Oda Nobunaga, pg. 59
INTRODUCTION, pg. 97
CHAPTER III. The Eradication of the Buddhist Temples’ Military Power, pg. 99
CHAPTER IV. The Suppression of the Buddhist Temples’ Economic Power, pg. 162
CONCLUSION, pg. 217
INTRODUCTION, pg. 233
CHAPTER V. The Place of Buddhism in Japanese Society Redefined, pg. 236
CHAPTER VI. “Post-Buddhist” Japan, pg. 264
Notes, pg. 285
Bibliography, pg. 411
Index, pg. 425