| These shogunate policies reduced the organizational function of monpa (a division of a Buddhist sect) and of tatchu (a minor temple), both of which played the central role in Buddhist activities in each sect in those days, while the policies caused the concentration of religious power on each main temple. |
これらの幕府の政策は、各宗派の活動の中心にあった門派や塔頭の教団機能を低下させ、各本山への権限の集中を招いた。 |