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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Statements (50)

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.

Hideki Tojo religion Shinto
Hiroshima religion Shinto
Iki Island religion Shinto
Ikuta Shrine religion Shinto
Imperial tombs religion Shinto
Inari Ōkami religion Shinto
Iwakura Tomomi religion Shinto
Junichiro Koizumi religion Shinto
this entity surface form: Shinto (cultural affiliation)
Kamakura period religion Shinto
Masako Owada religion Shinto
Meiji Shrine religion Shinto
Michiko religion Shinto
misogi religion Shinto
subject surface form: Misogi
Muromachi period religion Shinto
Naminoue Shrine religion Shinto
Nara period religion Shinto
Naruhito religion Shinto
Noboru Takeshita religion Shinto
Nobusuke Kishi religion Shinto
Okada Keisuke religion Shinto
Prince Hisahito religion Shinto
Princess Kako religion Shinto
Princess Kiko religion Shinto
Princess Mako religion Shinto
Princess Shigeko religion Shinto
Sanae Takaichi religion Shinto
shimenawa religion Shinto
subject surface form: Shimenawa
Shinzo Abe religion Shinto
Susanoo religion Shinto
Tenjin religion Shinto
Tsukuyomi religion Shinto
Yamato polity religion Shinto
Yasuhiro Nakasone religion Shinto
Yoshihito religion Shinto
subject surface form: Yoshirō Mori
gohei religion Shinto
harae religion Shinto