Buddhist Monks

           Before the Meji period, Buddhist missionaries brought their religion to Japan and influenced the emperor   with the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama (Budda).  The monks became a major political powers in the Emperor's Royal court and were in many cases allied with a certain Shogun or Daiymo.  If a the shogun they served wanted to eliminate a certain rival, in some cases the priest that was most loyal to him would to take job of removing the rival from the competition with the  Shogun.   

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Buddhist monks

Buddhist Priest

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