State Shinto
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State Shinto was the government-controlled form of Shinto in pre-World War II Japan that promoted emperor worship and nationalism as part of the state ideology.
Aliases (2)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
form of Shinto
→
government policy → political ideology → state religion → |
| abolished |
1945
→
|
| abolishedBy |
Allied occupation of Japan
→
Shinto Directive → |
| afterAbolition |
constitutional separation of religion and state in Japan
→
|
| aimedAt |
legitimizing imperial rule
→
mobilizing the population for the state → |
| appliesToPeriod |
Meiji period
→
Taisho period → early Showa period → |
| associatedWith |
Meiji Restoration
→
State ideology of prewar Japan → imperial rescript on education → |
| basedOn |
Japanese nationalism
→
Shinto → emperor worship → kokutai ideology → |
| controlledBy |
Bureau of Shrines
→
Home Ministry of Japan → Japanese government → |
| country |
Japan
→
|
| distinguishedFrom |
religion in the legal sense
→
|
| endTime |
1945
→
|
| hasCentralConcept |
divinity of the emperor
→
sacredness of the Japanese nation → unity of religion and state → |
| hasPart |
State-sponsored rituals
→
imperial rites → school rituals → shrine Shinto administration → state ceremonies → |
| influenced |
Japanese colonial policy
→
wartime propaganda in Japan → |
| legalStatus |
non-religious national cult
→
|
| promoted |
cultural homogeneity
→
loyalty to the emperor → militarism → ultranationalism → |
| regulates |
Shinto priests
→
Shinto shrines → shrine finances → |
| separatedFrom |
Sect Shinto
→
|
| startTime |
1868
→
|
| uses |
education system
→
school textbooks → state ceremonies → |
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Emperor Meiji
→
Isamu Chō → Japanese colonial empire → Manchukuo → |
religion |
|
Kominka movement
→
Seven Lives for the Country → |
associatedWith |
|
House of Yamato
("State Shinto (historical)")
→
|
associatedReligion |
|
Shinto
→
|
hasBranch |
|
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan
("State Shintō")
→
|
ideology |
|
Kigensetsu
→
|
linkedToConcept |
|
Sect Shinto
→
|
relatedTo |