List of Contributors

Mikael S. Adolphson is the Keidanren Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge. His interests range from religious, social, economic and intellectual history to historical narratives. He has published two monographs: The Gates of Power: Monks, Courtiers, and Warriors in Premodern Japan (2000) and The Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Sōhei and Monastic Warriors in Japanese History (2007). He is also the co-editor of Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries (2007) and of Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory (2015).