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State Shinto

State Shintō (国家神道 or 國家神道, Kokka Shintō) was Imperial Japan's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto.: 547 The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests: 59 : 120 to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the emperor as a divine being.: 8

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Origins of the term

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Shinto as political ideology

Implementation of Shinto ideology

State control of shrines

Ideological origins

In acquired and occupied territories

Post-war

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State Shinto

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Edges124
Triples111
Avg. degree1.98
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State Shinto

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related to Origins of the term · 25
State Shinto → Abolition, CE, Chronicles, Control, Dissemination, Governmental Sponsorship, Japan, Japanese, Jinja Shinto, Kojiki, Kokka Shinto, Kyoha Shinto, Meiji, Nihon Shoki, Perpetuation, Second World War, Sect Shinto, Shinto, Shinto Directive, Shuha Shinto
related to Interpretations · 17
State Shinto → Ashizu Uzuhiko, Emperor, Emperor-worship, Imperial Japan, Instead, It, Japanese, Kokutai, Meiji, Most, National Body/Structure, Nitta Hitoshi, Sakamoto Koremaru, Shinto, Shinto-inspired, The, This
related to Post-war · 16
State Shinto → Akitsumikami, Emperor, Emperor Meiji, Emperor Shōwa, Five Charter Oath, General Douglas MacArthur, General Headquarters, Humanity Declaration, January, Japan, Japanese, On, Shinto, State Department, The, The Shinto Directive
related to Controversies · 14
State Shinto → Amaterasu's, Controversy, Emperor, Imperial House, In, Ise Shrine, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Imperial Family, Meiji-era Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto, Shinto Shrines, The Association, The Japanese
related to Implementation of Shinto ideology · 11
State Shinto → By, Emperor, Emperor's, From, Japan, Japanese, Meiji, Shinto, The, The Empire, This
related to Definitions · 7
State Shinto → Holtom, Shinto, Shinto Directive, Shrine Shinto, The, Though, Woodard
related to Ideological origins · 7
State Shinto → Buddhism, Edo-period, Japanese Shinto, Kokugaku, National Learning, Scholar Katsurajima Nobuhiro, Shinto

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shinto state shrines shrine emperor japanese religion religious priests japan practices practice national ideology ideological government imperial meiji support control

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honoring the war deadinstance ofwhich served state purposes0.80text
the Kojiki.The December 15instance ofbut draws instead from creation myths described in books0.80text
1945instance ofbut draws instead from creation myths described in books0.80text
Ashizu Uzuhikoinstance ofthough scholars0.80text
Sakamoto Koremaruinstance ofthough scholars0.80text
and Nitta Hitoshi argue that the government's fundinginstance ofthough scholars0.80text
control of shrines was never adequate enough to justify a claim to the existence of a State Shintoinstance ofthough scholars0.80text
Tanaka Yoritsuneinstance ofpractitioners and scholars0.80text
chief priest of Ise shrineinstance ofpractitioners and scholars0.80text
the Philippinesinstance ofCountries0.80text
Singaporeinstance ofCountries0.80text
Malayainstance ofCountries0.80text

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