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• catalog abstract "Annotation The political influence of temples in pre-modern Japan, most clearly manifested in divine demonstrations, has traditionally been condemned and is poorly understood. In an impressive examination of this intriguing aspect of medieval Japan, Mikael Adolphson employs a wide range of previously neglected sources (court diaries, abbot appointment records, war chronicles, narrative picture scrolls) to argue that religious protest was a symptom of political factionalism in the capital rather than its cause. It is his contention that religious violence can be traced primarily to attempts by secular leaders to re-arrange religious and political hierarchies to their own advantage, thereby leaving disfavored religious institutions to fend for their accustomed rights and status. In this context, divine demonstrations became the preferred negotiating tool for monastic complexes. For almost three centuries, such strategies allowed a handful of elite temples to maintain enough of an equilibrium to sustain anddefend the old style of rulership even against the efforts of the Ashikaga Shogunate in the mid-fourteenth century. By acknowledging temples and monks as legitimate co-rulers, The Gates of Power provides a new synthesis of Japanese rulership from the late Heian (794-1185) to the early Muromachi (1336-1573) eras, offering a unique and comprehensive analysis that brings together the spheres of art, religion, ideas, and politics in medieval Japan.".
• catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
• catalog contributor b11615650.
• catalog coverage "Japan Politics and government 794-1600.".
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description "Annotation The political influence of temples in pre-modern Japan, most clearly manifested in divine demonstrations, has traditionally been condemned and is poorly understood. In an impressive examination of this intriguing aspect of medieval Japan, Mikael Adolphson employs a wide range of previously neglected sources (court diaries, abbot appointment records, war chronicles, narrative picture scrolls) to argue that religious protest was a symptom of political factionalism in the capital rather than its cause. It is his contention that religious violence can be traced primarily to attempts by secular leaders to re-arrange religious and political hierarchies to their own advantage, thereby leaving disfavored religious institutions to fend for their accustomed rights and status. In this context, divine demonstrations became the preferred negotiating tool for monastic complexes. For almost three centuries, such strategies allowed a handful of elite temples to maintain enough of an equilibrium to sustain anddefend the old style of rulership even against the efforts of the Ashikaga Shogunate in the mid-fourteenth century. By acknowledging temples and monks as legitimate co-rulers, The Gates of Power provides a new synthesis of Japanese rulership from the late Heian (794-1185) to the early Muromachi (1336-1573) eras, offering a unique and comprehensive analysis that brings together the spheres of art, religion, ideas, and politics in medieval Japan.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Monastic Developments in the Heian Age -- Capital Politics and Religious Disturbances in the Shirakawa Era (1072-1129) -- Temples as Allies or Divine Enemies during the Tumultuous Years of Go-Shirakawa (1155-1192) -- Religious Conflicts and Shared Rulership in the Late Thirteenth Century -- Protesting and Fighting in the Name of the Kami and the Buddhas -- Religious Elites and the Ashikaga Bakufu: Collapsing the Gates of Power -- Epilogue: Religious Power and the Power of Religion in Premodern Japan -- Conflicts Involving Enryakuji and Kofukuji, 1061-1400 -- Conflicts Involving Enryakuji and Kofukuji, 1061-1400 -- Diagram of Conflicts Involving Enryakuji and Kofukuji, 1061-1400.".
• catalog extent "xvii, 456 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Gates of power.".
• catalog identifier "0824822633 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0824823346 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Gates of power.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press,".
• catalog relation "Gates of power.".
• catalog spatial "Japan Politics and government 794-1600.".
• catalog subject "952 21".
• catalog subject "DS850 .A36 2000".
• catalog tableOfContents "Monastic Developments in the Heian Age -- Capital Politics and Religious Disturbances in the Shirakawa Era (1072-1129) -- Temples as Allies or Divine Enemies during the Tumultuous Years of Go-Shirakawa (1155-1192) -- Religious Conflicts and Shared Rulership in the Late Thirteenth Century -- Protesting and Fighting in the Name of the Kami and the Buddhas -- Religious Elites and the Ashikaga Bakufu: Collapsing the Gates of Power -- Epilogue: Religious Power and the Power of Religion in Premodern Japan -- Conflicts Involving Enryakuji and Kofukuji, 1061-1400 -- Conflicts Involving Enryakuji and Kofukuji, 1061-1400 -- Diagram of Conflicts Involving Enryakuji and Kofukuji, 1061-1400.".
• catalog title "The gates of power : monks, courtiers, and warriors in premodern Japan / Mikael S. Adolphson.".
• catalog type "text".