Shinto

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Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan centered on the worship of kami (spirits or deities) and the veneration of nature and ancestors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous religion
polytheistic religion
religion
associatedWithSymbol mirror
sakaki tree
shimenawa
torii gate
coexistsWith Buddhism
surface form: Buddhism in Japan
coreConcept ancestor veneration
kami
nature veneration
purity
ritual
countryOfOrigin Japan
follows kami worship
hasBranch Shinto self-linksurface differs
surface form: Folk Shinto

Sect Shinto
Shinto self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shrine Shinto

State Shinto
hasClergy Shinto priest
miko
hasConcept kegare
magokoro
makoto
musubi
yaoyorozu no kami
hasDeity Amaterasu
Hachiman
Inari Ōkami
Susanoo
Tenjin
Tsukuyomi
hasMythologicalSource Kojiki
Kojiki
surface form: Nihon Shoki
hasPlaceOfWorship Shinto shrine
hasRitualObject ema
gohei
ofuda
omamori
hasSacredText none (no single canonical scripture)
historicalPractice shinbutsu shūgō
influenced Japanese culture
Japanese festivals
Japanese imperial rituals
languageOfRitual Japanese
majorRitual harae
matsuri
misogi
offerings to kami
wasRegulatedBy Meiji era
surface form: Meiji government

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State Shinto basedOn Shinto
this entity surface form: Folk Shinto
Shinto hasBranch Shinto self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Shrine Shinto
Shinto hasBranch Shinto self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Folk Shinto
East Asia hasReligion Shinto
this entity surface form: Shinto (major historical influence)
Nikkei hasReligion Shinto
Okinawa Island hasReligion Shinto
Ryukyu Islands hasReligion Shinto
Yamato period hasReligion Shinto
Eastern religions includes Shinto
harae isPartOf Shinto
this entity surface form: Shinto ritual system
harae isPartOf Shinto
this entity surface form: Shinto life-cycle ceremonies
Nagano majorReligion Shinto
Akagi Shrine religion Shinto
Akihito religion Shinto
Amami Islands religion Shinto
Amaterasu religion Shinto
Aoi Matsuri religion Shinto
Atsuta Shrine religion Shinto
subject surface form: Daijōsai
Emperor Jimmu religion Shinto
Emperor Kanmu religion Shinto
Emperor Meiji religion Shinto
Emperor Taishō religion Shinto
Emperor religion Shinto
subject surface form: Emperor of Japan
Empress Kōjun religion Shinto
Empress Masako religion Shinto
Empress Shōken religion Shinto
Empress Teimei religion Shinto
Fujiidera religion Shinto
Fumihito religion Shinto
Fumio Kishida religion Shinto
Gion Matsuri religion Shinto
Hachiman religion Shinto
Hata Shunroku religion Shinto
Heian Shrine religion Shinto
Heian period religion Shinto
Heihachiro Togo religion Shinto