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| Shinto and Buddhism begin to get along |
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Meiji reinterperates Shinto
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| Hirohito denies his divinity |
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| Chronicle of Ancient Events (712) |
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shen = spirit
dao = way
"way of the spirits"
Goal: Harmony with the Kami |
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Sun Goddess
Origin of Japanese race
Great shrine at Ise
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Gods
Powers in natural phenomena
Ancestors, leaders, heros
Kami can become human and v/versa |
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She who greets, He who greets
Created Japan out of the water
Origin of all other kami |
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660 BCE
First human emperor of Japan
Amaterasu's great-grandson
Ancestor of all Imperial houses |
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8th c. Official temples
Kami = bodhisattwas
Amaterasu = Vairocana
Both worshiped at the same time |
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| Multiple Religions (in Shinto) |
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Shinto = natural environment
Confucianism = solid relationships
Buddhism = life after death
7th c CE |
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1700s scholar
Shinto, Japan is superior
Buddha, K'ung are kami |
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1868
Ends samurai era
Power to the emperor
No Buddhism, plz
created constitution/legislation
foreign trade |
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Warrior code of honor
from Daoism & Zen B.
Samurai = warrior caste
Absolute loyalty
you fail = hara-kiri suicide |
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(see Meiji)
"Jinja Shinto"
goal = westernization, modernization
Ancestor veneration, Patriotism
Must register at a shrine
US ended it in 1945 |
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house shrine
worship shelf
daily offerings
ask for blessings |
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| purification under a waterfall |
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New religion
stresses art and beauty |
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New religion
focusses on human betterment |
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Twisted rope
marks a sacred site |
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| gate-like structure at front of shrines |
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