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Title: The teeth and claws of the Buddha monastic warriors and sōhei in Japanese history / Mikael S. Adolphson. Monastic warriors and sōhei in Japanese history
Monastic warriors and sōhei in Japanese history Monastic warriors and sōhei in Japanese history

Main Entry: Adolphson, Mikael S., 1961-
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Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press,
Publication Date: c2007.
Publication Place: Honolulu :
ISBN: 0824830644 (alk. paper)
0824831233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780824830649 (alk. paper)
9780824831233 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject: Buddhist monks as soldiers -- Japan -- History.
Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- To 1185.
Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 1185-1600.
Japan -- History, Military -- Religious aspects.
Electronic books.

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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