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The teeth and claws of the Buddha monastic warriors and sōhei in Japanese history
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Title
The teeth and claws of the Buddha [electronic resource] : monastic warriors and sōhei in Japanese history / Mikael S. Adolphson.
ISBN
9780824865085
0824830644 (alk. paper)
0824831233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780824830649 (alk. paper)
9780824831233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 212 p. :) ill., maps ;
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Archival Complete Foundation Collection
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Books Archival Subscription Plan
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Philosophy and Religion Foundation Collection
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-200) and index.
Contents
Discourses on religious violence and armed clerics
The contexts of monastic violence and warfare
The fighting servants of the Buddha
The teeth and claws of the Buddha: noble monks and monk-commanders
Constructed traditions: sōhei and Benkei
Sōhei, Benkei, and monastic warriors: historical perspectives.
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