sōhei (warrior monks)

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Buddhist clergy Japanese Buddhist warrior monk religious military group

Sōhei were Japanese Buddhist warrior monks, most famously active from the Heian through Sengoku periods, who combined religious authority with military power and often intervened in political and territorial conflicts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
sōhei	0
Tendai monks (sōhei warrior monks historically)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist clergy ⓘ Japanese Buddhist warrior monk ⓘ religious military group ⓘ
activePeriod	Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakura period NERFINISHED ⓘ Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ
activity	engaged in warfare ⓘ escorted religious processions ⓘ guarded temple estates ⓘ intervened in political conflicts ⓘ participated in territorial disputes ⓘ
conflictWith	daimyō ⓘ imperial court ⓘ shogunate ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
declineCause	Oda Nobunaga’s campaigns ⓘ centralization of samurai rule ⓘ
etymology	Japanese term meaning warrior monk or monk soldier ⓘ
floruitCentury	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus	part of temple organizations rather than formal state army ⓘ
mainReligion	Jōdo Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Nichiren Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Shingon Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Tendai Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBase	Enryaku-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Ishiyama Hongan-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Kōfuku-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Hiei NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagashima Hongan-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Tōdai-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDefeat	destruction of Enryaku-ji in 1571 ⓘ
notableEventInvolvement	Genpei War NERFINISHED ⓘ Ikkō-ikki uprisings NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōnin War NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	Buddhist temples ⓘ monastic institutions ⓘ
relatedConcept	Ikkō-ikki NERFINISHED ⓘ yamabushi ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
socialRole	military force of temples ⓘ political pressure group ⓘ religious authority ⓘ
usedWeapon	bow and arrow ⓘ naginata ⓘ staff ⓘ sword ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex → associatedWith → sōhei (warrior monks) ⓘ

subject surface form: Hieizan Enryaku-ji

Mount Hiei → associatedWithSect → sōhei (warrior monks) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tendai monks (sōhei warrior monks historically)