miidera

Updated: June 28, 2025

What weighed most with the Taira leader, however, was the propinquity of the three great monasteries; Hiei-zan on the north, Miidera on the east, and Nara on the south. In fact, the city lay at the mercy of the soldier-priests. At any moment they might combine, descend upon the capital, and burn it before adequate succour could be marshalled.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era