The Japanese term shinbutsu bunri (神仏分離) indicates the separation of Shinto from Buddhism, introduced after the Meiji Restoration which separated Shinto...
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Shinbutsu-shūgō (神仏習合, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu-konkō (神仏混淆, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is...
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Shinto shrine (section Shinbutsu bunri)
separation of kami and foreign Buddhas (shinbutsu bunri) with the Kami and Buddhas Separation Order (神仏判然令, Shinbutsu Hanzenrei). This event triggered the...
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with persecution and a forced separation between Buddhism and Shinto (Shinbutsu bunri). As of 2022, around 70.8 million people, or about 67% of Japan's total...
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consequences for Japanese culture as a whole. It should not be confused with shinbutsu bunri ("separation of kami and buddhas") or with haibutsu kishaku ("abolish...
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as Himeji Castle survived by luck. During the Meiji restoration's Shinbutsu bunri, tens of thousands of Japanese Buddhist religious idols and temples...
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Jingū-ji (category Shinbutsu shūgō)
danka system (檀家制度, danka seido) participated in the movement. The shinbutsu bunri policy was also the direct cause of serious damage to important cultural...
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Haibutsu kishaku (category Shinbutsu bunri)
(1928-1941) Martyrs of Japan Persecution of Buddhists Shinbutsu bunri Shinbutsu kakuri Shinbutsu-shūgō Tokugawa Nariaki Buddhist crisis Chittagong Hill...
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Asakusa Shrine (category Shinbutsu bunri)
Asakusa Shrine (浅草神社, Asakusa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Sanja-sama (Shrine of the Three gods), it...
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on road sides. Before the forced separation of Shinto and Buddhism (Shinbutsu bunri), it was not uncommon for a Buddhist temple to be built inside or next...
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