From sovereign to symbol : an age of ritual determinism in fourteenth century Japan /
Rather than looking at the collapse of Japan's first warrior government as the manipulation of rival courts by warrior factions, this study argues that the crucial ideological conflict of the 14th century was between the conservative forces of ritual precedent and the ritual determinists steepe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
OXFORD University Press,
[2011]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Rather than looking at the collapse of Japan's first warrior government as the manipulation of rival courts by warrior factions, this study argues that the crucial ideological conflict of the 14th century was between the conservative forces of ritual precedent and the ritual determinists steeped in Shingon Buddhism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199778119 0199778116 9780199919079 0199919070 |