The author reassesses the reasons for Nobunaga's attacks on the Buddhist temples and explores the long-term effects of his activities on the temples and on the relation between Buddhism and the state. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable ...
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The author reassesses the reasons for Nobunaga's attacks on the Buddhist temples and explores the long-term effects of his activities on the temples and on the relation between Buddhism and the state. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0691072914. 441 pages. Index. Extensive bibliography. "Provides for the first time in English the full story of the fundamental changes in the relationship of government to organized Buddhism in the Japan of the 1500s."-from dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Two pieces from publisher laid-in. A high quality copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Buddhism and the State in Sixteenth-Century Japan Religion Politics History Oda Nobunaga 1534-1582 Azuchi-Momoyama Period 1568-1603.
