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| what was the purpose of the Daka system? |
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Definition
| During the Tokugawa period (1600-1868), Buddhism was bureaucratised and it's house-holdtemple relationship (danka seido) was institutionalised in the Shogunate's attempt to eradicate the threat of Christianity and consequently the spread of the west. Whilst further legitimising its power over the whole nation. Naturally, religious practice was significantly affected under the bakufu's newfound control. |
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| Why was the bureaucratisisation essential to the bakufu? |
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| The bureaucratisisation of the Buddhism becamse essensial for the Tokugawa shogunate to proclaim its control over the entire nation. |
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| What kind of regulations were put upon temples? |
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Definition
- no mixing between sects and edicts
- controlled what a monk could and could not do outside of a temple.
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| What was forced upon households? |
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Definition
- Households were forced to affiliate with a temple.
- Households received a stamp and had to perform a ritual each year without fail.
- many private ceremonies became public.
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| What was done as a result of the comulsary affiliation between houeholds and temples? |
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Definition
| The monks were oblidged to take details of the populace. In essence, monks became more like civil servants, eventually recording statistics such as births, deaths, marridges, adoptions and occupations from 1671. |
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| Which class did the temples associate with more? |
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Definition
| The temples associated more with the wealthy households as they could offer more financial support to the temples, detaching themselves from commoners. |
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| What role did the temples play in the development in the Tokugawa economy? |
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Temples offered a place to conduct bussiness and store treasures and documents, issued bills and exchanged and lent money. This began in the onin war but played a vital role in the Tokugawa economy. |
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| What were the risks of not affiliating with a temple? |
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Those who did not affiliate with a temple and continued to hold christian beleifs were severely punished, or even executed. |
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| What was the Christians reactions to these severe punishments? |
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Definition
| The christians saw it as a glorious death to die for their religion (in a way like Jesus) and thus the Bakufu resorted to rewarding those who reported christians and holding them in prison instead. |
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| What was the reason for the drastic rise in the numbers of temples in Tokugawa Japan? |
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| After making it compulsory to be affiliated with the temple during the national seclusion, it became necessary to have a temple situated in every village to support the significant increase of danka members. This saw temples soar from around 13,000 in the Kamakura period to ocer 469,000 at one period during Tokugawa. |
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| Why were temples de militarised? |
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| As the temples were financially sound th bakufu disallowed their military support. |
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| How did the Shogunate use Buddhism to legitimise their supremecy? |
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| When Tokugawa Ieyasu died he was posthumously reffered to as the deity Toshogu and even had a memorial shrine built in his honour thus enhancing omnipotent status. |
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