Religious policy in Japan

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policy of separating Shinto and Buddhism pursued by the Meiji government of Japan

1571 battle in Japan

was a position within the system for the administration of religion that existed from the Muromachi period to the Edo period in Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were always fudai daimyōs, the lowest-ranking of the shogunate offices to be so restricted.

System of voluntary and long-term affiliation between Buddhist temples and households

Spanish shipwreck in Japan with political consequences