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Shinto

Shinto (Japanese: 神道, Hepburn: Shintō; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Japanese pronunciation: ), also called Shintoism, is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by…

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Shinto

Nodes244
Edges243
Triples420
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008197
Components1

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Shinto

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related to Categorisation · 31
Shinto → Asia, Buddhism, Buddhist, Byron Earhart, Chinese, Christianity, Confucianism, Earhart, East Asian, East-Asian, Edo, In, Inoue, Islam, Japan, Japan's, Japanese, Many, Meiji, Meiji Restoration
related to Festivals · 26
Shinto → According, Aoi Matsuri, Autumn, Chichibu, Chichibu Night Festival, December, Each, English, For, However, Kyoto, May, Most, November, Other, Picken, Public, Saturday, Spring, Summer
related to Cosmology and afterlife · 25
Shinto → After, Buddhism's, Buddhist, High Heaven, In Shinto, Japanese, Kojiki, Manifested World, Modern Shinto, Mythological, Nether World, Nihon Shoki, Phenomenal, Plane, Shinto's, Takama-no-hara, Texts, The, There, These
related to Early development · 24
Shinto → According, Archaeological, Buddhism, Buddhist, CE, Confucianism, Earhart, Emperor Yōmei, From, In, It, Japan, Japanese, Kami, Kitagawa, Kofun, Korean, Migrant, Nihon Shoki, Several
related to Jinja shrines · 21
Shinto → Association, At, Collectively, English, Heian, In, Inside, Japan, Japan's Buddhist, Jinja, More, Near, On, Public, Shinto Shrines, The, There, They, This, Together
related to Meiji era and the Empire of Japan · 21
Shinto → Among, Breen, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucian, Fridell, However, It, Japan, Japan's, Japanese, Jason, Josephson, Meiji, Moreover, State Shinto, Teeuwen, Tenpō Reforms, The Meiji Restoration, They
related to Kagura · 20
Shinto → According, Amaterasu, Ame-no-Uzume, December, Depending, Imperial, Ise, It, Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū, Japan, Kagura, Kamo, Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, One, The, There, These, This, Throughout Japanese
related to Demographics · 19
Shinto → According, Breen, Buddhists, Christianity, Conversely, Determining, In, Japan, Japan's, Japanese, Many Japanese, Most Japanese, Official, Shintoists, Teeuwen, The, There, This, Thus
related to Rites of passage · 19
Shinto → After, Although, Another, Bocking, Buddhist, Despite, Five, Following, Historically, In, In Japan, In Shinto, Japan, Japanese, Meiji, Meiji Restoration, Prior, The, Wedding
related to Kannagara, morality, and ethics · 17
Shinto → An, Attitudes, China, Class-A, Disrupting, In, In Shinto, Japan's, Japanese, Korea, Particularly, Shinto's, Shojiki, Throughout Japanese, Tokyo, Tokyo War Crimes Trials, Yasukuni Shrine

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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

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shintois abelief in kami0.90text
Shintois aavoidance of kegare0.90text
ritual washinginstance oflargely by cleaning practices0.80text
bathinginstance oflargely by cleaning practices0.80text
especially before worshipinstance oflargely by cleaning practices0.80text
popular Shintōinstance ofSome scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō0.80text
folk Shintōinstance ofSome scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō0.80text
domestic Shintōinstance ofSome scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō0.80text
sectarian Shintōinstance ofSome scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō0.80text
imperial house Shintōinstance ofSome scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō0.80text
shrine Shintōinstance ofSome scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō0.80text
state Shintōinstance ofSome scholars suggest we talk about types of Shintō0.80text

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