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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.
Kami Shrine (Drala Mountain Center) Red Feather Lakes: Amaterasu-Ōmikami (天照大神), Toyouke-Omikami, Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (猿田彦大神・天鈿女命) Hawaii: Daijingū Temple of Hawaii (ハワイ大神宮) Honolulu (天照皇大神) Amaterasu-Sume-Ōkami [1] (天之御中主神) Amenominakanushi-no-Kami
On April 26, 1900, under the basic policy of the Meiji Restoration government that "shrines are the state's religious ceremonies," the Ministry of Home Affairs' Shrines and Temple Bureau was abolished and reorganized into the Bureau of Shrines, which administered state Shinto, and the Bureau of Religions, which administered other religions ...
It’s closely linked to the country’s imperial family: Around 1870, Japan made Shinto the state religion and used imperial worship to fan ultra-nationalism and support for World War II, which ...
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).
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.
In 1899 the Shinto Main Bureau advised the Tenrikyo Church Headquarters officials about the possibility of official recognition as an independent religion (independent meaning to be classified directly under the Meiji government, which upheld State Shinto ideology). Tenrikyo leaders worked to systemize the Tenrikyo doctrine and institutionalize ...
Shinto Books "What was State Shinto, New Edition" by Chihiko Ashizu, note by Koremaru Sakamoto, Jinja-Shimpo-Sha, July 2006. ISBN 978-4-915265-10-5; Shinto History Book. Jinja Shimpo Seikyo Kenkyusho (ed.), Augmented and Revised History of Modern Shrine Shinto, Jinja Shimpo, December 1986. National Diet Library, Bibliography ID: 000004264855