Shinto in Japan

mountain in Nara Prefecture, Japan

thumb|Kitsune|Foxes sacred to Shinto kami Inari, a [[torii, a Buddhist stone pagoda, and Buddhist figures together at Jōgyō-ji, Kamakura]] Shinbutsu-shūgō (, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), a.k.a. the Shinbutsu-konkō (, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's main organized religion up until the Meiji period. Beginning in 1868, the new Meiji government approved a series of laws that separated Japanese native kami worship, on one side, from Buddhism which had assimilated it, on the other.

anti-Buddhist movement during the Meiji period in Japan

official religion of the Japanese Empire, emphasizing the divinity of the Japanese emperor

imperial rescript issued by the Emperor Shōwa

East Asian ceremonial sceptre

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

religious administrative organization that oversees Shinto shrines in Japan

Shinto sects distinguished from Shrine Shinto

In Ainu culture, ' or ' ( or ) is a ritual wood-shaving stick used in prayers to the spiritual world. They were used in most Ainu religious rituals and were also frequently made to request assistance for hunting and childbirth. Some can be used multiple times, while others are destroyed immediately after one use. Their size and the direction in which they are shaved depends on which (spiritual being) it is offered to and what is being requested.

order by Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Myōjin (明神 'shining deity', 'illuminating deity', or 'apparent deity') or Daimyōjin (大明神 'great shining/apparent deity') was a title historically applied to kami ('Japanese deities') and, by metonymy, their shrines.