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Title
  • en Religion in the Formation of the Kamakura Bakufu : As Seen through the Azuma kagami
Alternative
  • ja 鎌倉幕府形成における宗教 : 東鏡を通して
Creator
    • en COLLCUTT, Martin
Contributor
    • Editor en SUGIMOTO, Hidetaro
Subject
  • Other en MINAMOTO YORITOMO
  • Other en KAMAKURA BAKUFU
  • Other en HACHIMAN DEVOTION
  • Other en LOTUS SUTRA
  • Other en TŌDAIJI
  • Other en SACRED SPACE
  • Other en MEDIEVAL HISTORY
  • Other en KANNON DEVOTION
  • Other en HŌJŌE
  • Other en MEDIEVAL RELIGION
  • Other en AZUMA KAGAMI
Description
  • Abstract There are many studies of the politics of Minamoto Yoritomo and the early Kamakura bakufu but few which examine the role of religion in the lives of Yoritomo, his family, and vassals or which analyze the religious ceremonies, images, practices, and institutions adopted in Kamakura as the bakufu was taking shape during Yoritomo's lifetime. In this essay I try to show that Yoritomo was not simply a military strategist and political expressed during the conduct of the war against the Taira and in his choice of institutions and ceremonies to incorporate into the newly developing warrior capital of Kamakura. These religious interests included not only devotion to theMinamoto patron Hachiman and the Tsurugaoka Shrine but also to Kannon and the Lotus sutra, and to the Bodhisattvas and deities associated with many other temples and shrines in Kamakura, Izu-Hakone, Ise, Kyoto, and Kumano. The essay seeks to organize and give meaning to these seemingly disparate strands of religious interest in the life of Yoritomo and the bakufu as they are revealed in the Azuma kagami.
Publisher en International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Date
    Issued1994-01-01
Language
  • eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Version Type VoR
Identifier DOI https://doi.org/10.15055/00006138 , URI https://nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/6148
ID
  • JaLC 10.15055/00006138
Journal
    • NCID AA10759175
    • PISSN 09150986
    • EISSN 24343129
      • en Nichibunken Japan review : bulletin of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies
      • Volume Number5 Page Start55 Page End86
File
    • fulltext IJ0503.pdf
    • 2.0 MB (application/pdf)
      • Available2015-11-11
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