Priests, armed priests and shrine associates at temples and shrines tried to make their demands by resorting to arms or wielding the power of Buddha's or divine punishment against the bakufu and the Imperial Court. |
寺社の僧や僧兵、神人が、仏罰・神罰や武力を振りかざして、幕府や朝廷に対し自らの要求を通そうとした。 |