Sengoku Series: Episode 3 - Shinto, Buddhism & the Ikko-ikki

In this episode I talk about Shinto and Buddhism in medieval Japan, the rise and parallels of the Nichiren and Pure Land Buddhism, and the armed followers of the Honganji: the famous Ikko-ikki.
Links:
Shinto: wiki.samurai-archives.com/inde...
Buddhism: wiki.samurai-archives.com/inde...
Nichiren Buddhism: wiki.samurai-archives.com/inde...
Honen: wiki.samurai-archives.com/inde...
Shinran: wiki.samurai-archives.com/inde...
Kennyo: wiki.samurai-archives.com/inde...
War and Faith by Carol Richmond Tsang: www.amazon.com/War-Faith-Murom...
War and State Building in Medieval Japan: www.amazon.com/War-State-Build...
The Gates of Power: Monks, Courtiers, and Warriors in Premodern Japan: astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/d...
The Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Monastic Warriors and Sohei in Japanese History: astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/d...
The Samurai and the Sacred: astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/d...

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It was probably popular with merchants because everyone was equal, and merchants in Japan were not well treated.

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in most medieval societies merchants were very limited by the existence of aristocracy since all feudal rulers imposed taxation and other financial regulations based on their interest and their profit first and foremost, hence all the so-called bourgeois revolutions in Europe.

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