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Shinto (Japanese: 神道, Hepburn: Shintō; Japanese pronunciation: ), also called Shintoism, is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners Shintoists, although adherents rarely…
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The extracted context around Shinto shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Shinto → Asia, Buddhism, Buddhist, Byron Earhart, Chinese, Christianity, Confucianism, Earhart, East Asian, East-Asian, Edo, Inoue, Islam, Japan, Japan's, Japanese, Many, Meiji, Meiji Restoration, Moreover Another extracted example is Shinto → According, Archaeological, Buddhism, Buddhist, CE, Confucianism, Earhart, Emperor Yōmei, Japan, Japanese, Kami, Kitagawa, Kofun, Korean, Migrant, Nihon Shoki, Several, Uji, Yamato, Yayoi. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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kami shrines japanese religion known shrine also often japan priests many buddhist although period new called japan's buddhism various worship
TTTA extracted 320 structured relationships around Shinto. Examples in this analysis include Shinto → is a → belief in kami and Shinto → is a → avoidance of kegare. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinto | is a | belief in kami | 0.90 | text |
| Shinto | is a | avoidance of kegare | 0.90 | text |
| ritual washing | instance of | largely by cleaning practices | 0.80 | text |
| bathing | instance of | largely by cleaning practices | 0.80 | text |
| especially before worship | instance of | largely by cleaning practices | 0.80 | text |
| popular Shintō | instance of | Some scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō | 0.80 | text |
| folk Shintō | instance of | Some scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō | 0.80 | text |
| domestic Shintō | instance of | Some scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō | 0.80 | text |
| sectarian Shintō | instance of | Some scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō | 0.80 | text |
| imperial house Shintō | instance of | Some scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō | 0.80 | text |
| shrine Shintō | instance of | Some scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō | 0.80 | text |
| state Shintō | instance of | Some scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Shinto bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Shrines, Meiji and State. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Shinto, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Shinto with Practices. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Shinto to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Community & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Shinto · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout