| Jisha seiryoku is a term describing the military, governmental, economical and cultural power of temples and shrines (at that time considered equivalent because of syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism), which shared power with the military government and Imperial Court during the Japanese middle ages. |
寺社勢力（じしゃせいりょく）とは日本中世において、武家政権・朝廷とともに権力を三分した、大寺院・神社（当時は神仏習合のために一体）による軍事・行政・経済・文化パワーである。 |