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      • State Shinto was a system of government policy in the Japanese Empire where the government controlled the religion of Shinto and enforced it on the population. This included non-Japanese people in their colonies. This was justified by a theory called Secular Shrine Theory where Shinto shrines were considered secular.
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    State Shintō (国家神道 or 國家神道, Kokka Shintō) was Imperial Japan 's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto. [1] : 547 The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests [2] [3] : 59 [4] : 120 to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the Emperor as a divine being. [5] : 8.

  3. State Shintō, nationalistic official religion of Japan from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 through World War II. It focused on ceremonies of the imperial household and public Shintō shrines. State Shintō was founded on the ancient precedent of saisei itchi, the unity of religion and government.

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    State Shintō (国家神道 or 國家神道, Kokka Shintō) was Imperial Japan 's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto.: 547 The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests: 59: 120 to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the Emperor as a divine being.: 8. Part of ...

  5. Apr 3, 2017 · Shinto means 'way of the gods' and it is the oldest religion in Japan. Shinto's key concepts include purity, harmony, family respect, and subordination of the individual before the group. The faith has no founder or prophets and there is no major text which outlines its principal beliefs.

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