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Shinto

vr.tr.shinto · SOC.ORG

Let an agent describe Shinto respectfully, attributing beliefs and practices to practitioners and scholars, give visiting etiquette, and describe State Shinto historically and neutrally.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe Shinto respectfully, attributing beliefs and practices to practitioners and scholars, give visiting etiquette, and describe State Shinto historically and neutrally.

The indigenous religious tradition of Japan, centred on the veneration of kami at shrines through ritual, festivals and purification, with many regional and historical forms such as local shrine cults, Fukko or restoration Shinto and sect Shinto; State Shinto refers to its use as a state ideology before 1945, a distinct and debated historical phenomenon.

What it is for: Religious life, festivals and cultural heritage in Japan.

It can be describe Shinto practices as practitioners describe them; find shrine visiting etiquette; learn about festivals and shrines; describe the history of State Shinto with attribution.

Distinguishing features

Veneration of kami

Shrine-based ritual

Purification practices

Coexists with Buddhism in Japan

What it looks like

Shrines with torii gates, purification basins, offerings and festival processions.

How it is recognised

Torii gates and shrine buildings

Shimenawa ropes and paper streamers

Buddhist temples often have different features

Related models

is a kind of - category

folk religion

is practised at - place

Shinto shrine

is related to - related tradition

Buddhism in Japan

is related to - contrast with monastic religions

monastery

In practice

Families and kinds

shrine Shinto

folk and local faiths such as Atago or Hikawa faith

sect Shinto

restoration Shinto

State Shinto (historical)

Standards and regulation

Constitution of Japan on religious freedom and separation of state and religion

Heritage protection for shrines

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting beliefs as facts

Disrespectful behaviour at shrines

Unattributed claims about State Shinto

Also called

Omiki ChōdaishikiGoryō faithFukko ShintoAtago FaithHikawa shinkōState Shintooverseas ShintoMishima–Ōyamazumi cultShrine ShintoYoshida ShintōConfucian Shintoshinbutsu-shūgōkoshintōShinto sects and schoolsIse ShintōRyōbu ShintōSannō ShintōTenjin faithSuika ShintoSannō FaithGion FaithShugendōhonji suijakuTsushima faithGozu Tennō Faith in TatebayashiTōzan-haNikkō ShugenHakusan cultTateyama ShugenKumano ShugendoHonzan Shugen-shū

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Practice Ritual and festivals.

Practices are attributed.

Kami

Veneration.

Kami

Kami veneration.

  1. How do practitioners and scholars describe kami and their veneration? provenance
  2. How do local practices differ? boundary

Festivals

Matsuri.

Festivals

Festivals.

  1. Which festivals does this shrine hold, and when? provenance
  2. How can visitors take part respectfully? action
Visit Shrine etiquette.

Respect customs.

Etiquette

Customs.

Etiquette

Etiquette.

  1. What etiquette do shrines ask visitors to follow, such as purification and bowing? provenance
  2. Is photography allowed? provenance

Shrines

Notable shrines.

Shrines

Notable shrines.

  1. Which shrines are notable, and what is their history? provenance
  2. Are they protected heritage sites? provenance
History Historical forms.

History needs sources.

State Shinto

Pre-1945.

State Shinto

State Shinto.

  1. What was State Shinto, according to historians, and how did it end after 1945? provenance
  2. How do scholars debate its definition? provenance

Syncretism

With Buddhism.

Syncretism

Syncretism.

  1. How did Shinto and Buddhism interact historically in Japan? provenance
  2. What changed in the Meiji period? provenance
Neutral Respectful description.

Attribution matters.

Respect

Neutral language.

Respect

Respectful description.

  1. Is the description free of exoticism and attributed? boundary
  2. Does it use terms practitioners use? boundary

Contested

Contested sites.

Contested

Contested sites.

  1. Is a shrine involved in political controversy, and how do different sides describe it? provenance
  2. Is the summary balanced? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should forms of Shinto be separate entries?
  • How should shrines be linked?
  • How should historical debates be attributed?
Draft as JSON