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  2. State Shinto - Wikipedia

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    Shinto is a blend of indigenous Japanese folk practices, beliefs, court manners, and spirit-worship which dates back to at least 600 CE. [7]: 99 These beliefs were unified as "Shinto" during the Meiji era (1868–1912), [6]: 4 [12] though the Chronicles of Japan (日本書紀, Nihon Shoki) first referenced the term in the eighth century.

  3. Tenrikyo Church Headquarters - Wikipedia

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    Tenrikyo Church Headquarters (天理教教会本部, Tenrikyo Kyokai Honbu) is the main headquarters of the Tenrikyo religion, located in Tenri, Nara, Japan.This establishment is significant to followers because it is built around the Jiba, the spot where followers believe the god Tenri-O-no-Mikoto conceived humankind.

  4. Shinto Directive - Wikipedia

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    The Shinto Directive was an order issued in 1945 [1] to the Japanese government by Occupation authorities to abolish state support for the Shinto religion. This unofficial " State Shinto " was thought by Allies to have been a major contributor to Japan's nationalistic and militant culture that led to World War II .

  5. Shrine Shinto - Wikipedia

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    Shrine Shinto is a form of the Shinto religion. [1] It has two main varieties: State Shinto, a pre-World War II variant, and another centered on Shinto shrines after World War II, in which ritual rites are the center of belief, conducted by an organization of clergy. [2] [1] Today, the term Shinto usually refers to Shrine Shinto.

  6. Statism in Shōwa Japan - Wikipedia

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    The collapse of statist ideologies in 1945–46 was paralleled by a formalisation of relations between the Shinto religion and the Japanese state, including disestablishment: termination of Shinto's status as a state religion. In August 1945, the term State Shinto (Kokka Shintō) was invented to refer

  7. History of Tenrikyo - Wikipedia

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    This edition of the doctrine differs significantly from the present edition [22] because the teachings of State Shinto were incorporated in order to gain the Home Ministry's approval. Although Tenrikyo Church Headquarters complied with many of the state's requests, it did not compromise on the request to eliminate the Mikagura-uta ("The Songs ...

  8. Tenrikyo - Wikipedia

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    Tenrikyo was designated as one of the thirteen groups included in Sect Shinto between 1908 and 1945 powered by generation of Heian policy under State Shinto. [39] During this time, Tenrikyo became the first new religion to do social work in Japan, opening an orphanage, a public nursery and a school for the blind.

  9. Glossary of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    Jinja-shinto (神社神道) – Originally a synonym of State Shinto (Kokka Shinto below), it is now a term criticized by specialists as problematic. [1] When applied to post-war Shinto, it means the beliefs and practices associated to shrines, particularly those associated with the Association of Shinto Shrines. [1] Jisei (自制, lit.