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| | Shinto - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Shinto |
 | | In the Tokugawa era (1603–1867) Shinto was dominated by Buddhism to the point where even Shinto priests and their families were expected to belong to a Buddhist temple and be buried by a Buddhist priest. | | | The ancient Japanese Shinto religion combines ancestor worship with animism, the belief that all natural objects possess a soul or spirit. | | | Shinto's holiest shrine is at Ise, on Ise Bay, southeastern Honshu, where in the temple of the Sun goddess is preserved the mirror that she is supposed to have given to Jimmu, the legendary first emperor, in the 7th century |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Shinto
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| | Shinto Encyclopedia Article @ HigherPower.org (Higher Power) |
| | Shinto (神道 Shintō) (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. | | | Shinto can be seen as a form of animism and may be regarded as a variety of shamanist religion. | | | Shinto (Kanji: 神道 Shintō) (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. |
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http://higherpower.org/encyclopedia/Shinto
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| | Shinto - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Shinto |
| | Shinto (shĭn`tō), ancient native religion of Japan still practiced in a form modified by the influence of Buddhism and Confucianism. | | | Shinto, a term created to distinguish the indigenous religion from Buddhism, is the equivalent of the Japanese kami-no-michi, "the way of the gods" or "the way of those above." The word kami, meaning "above" or "superior," is the name used to designate a great host of supernatural beings or deities. | | | A Shinto shrine, unaffected by other religious influences, is a simple unpainted wooden building, having some object within it that is believed to be the dwelling place of the kami. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Shinto
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| | The first volume of the English translation, representing the second chapter of the Shinto jiten and dedicated to Shinto deities or kami, was published from the same Institute in 1994 (Kami), followed in 2004 by the second volume, representing the fourth chapter and dedicated to shrines (Jinja). | | | The original Japanese edition of Shinto jiten was published in 1994 from Kobundo under the editorship of the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University. | | | The English text has been revised and additional reference materials appended for the online version, we hope making this version an even more useful tool for those interested in Shinto and Japanese culture. |
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