Religion in the Formation of the Kamakura Bakufu : As Seen through the Azuma kagami

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There are many studies of the politics of Minamoto Yoritomo and the early Kamakura bakufu but few which examine the role of religion in the lives of Yoritomo, his family, and vassals or which analyze the religious ceremonies, images, practices, and institutions adopted in Kamakura as the bakufu was taking shape during Yoritomo's lifetime. In this essay I try to show that Yoritomo was not simply a military strategist and political expressed during the conduct of the war against the Taira and in his choice of institutions and ceremonies to incorporate into the newly developing warrior capital of Kamakura. These religious interests included not only devotion to theMinamoto patron Hachiman and the Tsurugaoka Shrine but also to Kannon and the Lotus sutra, and to the Bodhisattvas and deities associated with many other temples and shrines in Kamakura, Izu-Hakone, Ise, Kyoto, and Kumano. The essay seeks to organize and give meaning to these seemingly disparate strands of religious interest in the life of Yoritomo and the bakufu as they are revealed in the Azuma kagami.
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