The basic study on Secular Priest Life in the Japanese Middle Ages

随着佛教天堂信仰的普及，世俗人当和尚的风俗习惯也随之诞生并流传开来。成为牧师的人在最初的日子里停止了世俗的活动，但在中世纪时又继续了下去。成为牧师后继承遗产，从事世俗活动的人的存在，是只有日本中世纪才有的特殊风俗。这位退休的皇帝创立了这些礼仪和习俗。白川教宗没有放弃政治权力后成为一名神父。这种风俗习惯在贵族社会和武士社会中流传开来。在成为牧师后，许多武士继续保持修士的职位。牧师的礼仪和风俗在民间流传开来。这个村子的大多数首领都以牧师的形象管理着一个村子。即使农民成为牧师，也不能免除土地税的负担。

When faith of the Buddhists' paradise became popular, the manners and customs that secular people became a priest were born and spread out. The people who became a priest stopped secular activity in the days of the beginning, but changed to continue when it was the Middle Ages. It was special manners and customs to be seen only in the Japanese Middle Ages that the people who held a patrimony after having become a priest, and carried out a secular activity existed.The retired Emperor founded these manners and customs. Shirakawa pope did not abandon political power after a priest. The manners and customs spread through the noble society and the samurai society. After having become a priest, many samurais continued maintaining the post of the Shugo. The manners and customs of the priest spread to the world of the people. Most of leaders of the village ran a village with the figure of the priest. Even if farmers became a priest, it was not exempted from the burden of the land tax.