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Shinto is a religion native to Japan with a centuries'-long history tied to various influences in origin. [1] Although historians debate [citation needed] the point at which it is suitable to begin referring to Shinto as a distinct religion, kami veneration has been traced back to Japan's Yayoi period (300 BC to AD 300).
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.
Shinto: A Celebration of Life. Mantra Books. ISBN 978-1846944383. Yamakage, Motohisa (2012). The Essence of Shinto: Japan's Spiritual Heart. Kodansha International. ISBN 978-1568364377. Imaizumi, Yoshiko. (2013). Sacred Space in the Modern City: The Fractured Pasts of Meiji Shrine, 1912-1958.
Shinto architecture is the architecture of Japanese Shinto shrines. With a few exceptions like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo Taisha Shinto shrines before Buddhism were mostly temporary structures erected to a particular purpose. Buddhism brought to Japan the idea of permanent shrines and the presence of verandas, stone lanterns, and elaborate ...
Secular Shrine Theory or Jinja hishūkyōron (神社非宗教論) was a religious policy and political theory that arose in Japan during the 19th and early 20th centuries due to the separation of church and state of the Meiji Government. [1] It was the idea that Shinto Shrines were secular in their nature rather than religious, [2] and that ...
Syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism. Religion portal. v. t. e. A Shinto shrine (神社, jinja, archaic: shinsha, meaning: "kami shrine")[ 1 ] is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, the deities of the Shinto religion. [ 2 ] The honden [ note 1 ] (本殿, meaning: "main hall") is where a shrine's patron kami is ...
Following the print version, Inoue developed an online version of Encyclopedia of Shinto. [4] Other publications include Shinto: A Short History, 2003, Taylor & Francis, co-authored with Endo Jun, Mori Mizue, Ito Satoshi; [5] [6] Folk Beliefs in Modern Japan, 1994, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University. [7];
This is the Inbe clan lineage and commonly held to have been created by Inbe Masamichi that was in charge of court rituals together with the Nakatomi clan. Ise Shintō. Transmitted by priests of the Watarai clan at the Outer Shrine (Gekū) of the Grand Shrine of Ise (Ise Jingū). It is also called Watarai Shintō.