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  2. History of Shinto - Wikipedia

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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 BCE to CE 300).

  3. Timeline of Tenrikyo - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the Tenrikyo religion, highlighting significant events since the birth of Tenrikyo's foundress Miki Nakayama.Specific dates are provided in parentheses; the lunar calendar is indicated with ordinal numbers (e.g. 18th day of 4th month) while the Gregorian calendar is indicated with name and number (e.g. August 15).

  4. Shinto sects and schools - Wikipedia

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    These teachings claim the unity of Shinto and Confucianism. Kaden Shintō The Shinto transmitted by hereditary Shinto priests, known as shinshokuke or shake. It is also called shake Shintō, shaden Shintō or densha Shintō. Kikke Shintō Transmitted by the Tachibana clan. Kikke Shinto became widely known during the mid-Edo Hōei era (1704 ...

  5. Age of the Gods - Wikipedia

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    In Shinto chronology, the Age of the Gods (神代, Kami-yo/Jindai) is the period preceding the accession of Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan. [1] The kamiyo myths are chronicled in the "upper roll" ( Kamitsumaki ) of the Kojiki and in the first and second chapters of the Nihon Shoki .

  6. List of emperors of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Future and the Past: A Translation and Study of the Gukansho, an Interpretative History of Japan written in 1219 . Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520034600. OCLC 251325323. Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674017535. Titsingh, Isaac (1834).

  7. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    The history of thousands of years of contact with Chinese and various Indian myths (such as Buddhist and Hindu mythology) are also key influences in Japanese religious belief. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Japanese myths are tied to the topography of the archipelago as well as agriculturally-based folk religion , and the Shinto pantheon holds uncountable ...

  8. History of Tenrikyo - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Shinbutsu-shūgō - Wikipedia

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    Foxes sacred to Shinto kami Inari, a torii, a Buddhist stone pagoda, and Buddhist figures together at Jōgyō-ji, Kamakura.. Shinbutsu-shūgō (神仏習合, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu-konkō (神仏混淆, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's main organized religion up until the Meiji period.