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Danka system

The danka system (檀家制度, danka seido), also known as jidan system (寺檀制度, jidan seido), is a system of voluntary and long-term affiliation between Buddhist temples and households in use in Japan since the Heian period. In it, households (the danka) financially support a Buddhist temple which, in exchange, provides for their spiritual needs. Although its…

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The terauke

Shimabara RebellionBakufuKyotoKyūshūDaimyōs
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Consequences of the danka system

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The appearance of the Gojōmoku

Fuju-fuseNichirenSectTokugawa IeyasuMeiji period
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BuddhistHeian periodBuddhist templeEdo periodTokugawa
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related to Literature · 37
Danka system → Anti-Christianity, Buddhism, Christianity, Cultural History, Death, First, Funerary Buddhism, German, Harvard University Asia Center, Heine, Inquisition, Internet, ISBN, Japanese, Japanese Buddhism, JSTOR, Kenneth, Kosei Publishing Company, March, Marcure
related to The advent of "funerary Buddhism" · 16
Danka system → As, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Edo, Even, Funerary Buddhism, Hence, Japan, Japanese Buddhism's, Juzo Itami's, The, The Funeral, This, When, World War II
related to The terauke · 15
Danka system → Administratively, Although, Buddhist, Christian, Christians, Japanese, Jōdo, Local, Nichiren, Rinzai, Shimabara Rebellion, Shinto, The, Tokugawa, Tokugawa Japan

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Danka systemrelated to LiteratureMarcure0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureKenneth0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureSpring0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureThe Danka System0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureMonumenta Nipponica0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureTokyo0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureSophia University0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureJSTOR0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureNam-Lin Hur0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureDeath0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureTokugawa Japan0.60section
Danka systemrelated to LiteratureBuddhism0.60section

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