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Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710–1602

Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710–1602 PDF Author: Stephen Turnbull
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782000135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks. The tempestuous political rivalries that developed between the different orders of monks and religiously inspired laymen ensured that their temples and monasteries had to be securely sited and robustly defended. This books recreates these enormous fortified monasteries and temples, tracing their development from the 10th century through to the Sengoku Jidai period and the rise of the power of the shogunate under Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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