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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).
A Shinto rite carried out at a jinja in San Marino, Southern Europe. Overseas Shinto designates the practice of the Japanese religion of Shinto outside Japan itself. Shinto has spread abroad by various methods, including the imperial expansion of the Empire of Japan during the Meiji period, the migration of Japanese to other countries, and the embrace of Shinto by various non-Japanese individuals.
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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]
Map showing the "Agisymba" territory, during Roman explorations of Sub-Saharan Africa Agisymba ( Ancient Greek : Ἀγίσυμβα ) was an unidentified country located in Africa mentioned by Ptolemy in the middle of the 2nd century AD.
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Izumo-taisha, one of the oldest Shinto shrines, is dedicated to Takamimusubi. [33] Towatari Shrine was converted into a Shinto shrine in the 19th century, and now enshrines several important Shinto creator deities, including Takamimusubi. [34] Hasshinden was once a temple that enshrined him. [35]
Today, there are tens of thousands of Shinto shrines in Japan, many of which were built on the site of shrines in ancient Shinto religion. These shrines may contain sacred trees, iwakura , rock formations, steles , or mounds , and serve as a testament to the history of nature worship in Japan.