Danka system
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danka-system-196-5824820
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Danka system
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The danka system, also known as jidan system, 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 financially support a Buddhist temple which, in exchange, provides for their spiritual needs. Although its existence long predates the Edo period (1603–1868), the system is best known for its repressive use made at that time by the Tokugawa, who made the affiliation with a Buddhist temple compulsory to a
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System of voluntary and long-term affiliation between Buddhist temples and households
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danka_system
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2024-02-15T01:03:35Z
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