The Japanese term shinbutsu bunri (神仏分離) indicates the separation of Shinto from Buddhism, introduced after the Meiji Restoration which separated Shinto...

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...

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...

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...

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...

as Himeji Castle survived by luck. During the Meiji restoration's Shinbutsu bunri, tens of thousands of Japanese Buddhist religious idols and temples...

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...

(1928-1941) Martyrs of Japan Persecution of Buddhists Shinbutsu bunri Shinbutsu kakuri Shinbutsu-shūgō Tokugawa Nariaki Buddhist crisis Chittagong Hill...

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...

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...