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> consciously invented in the Meiji period So the Meiji government traveled back in time a thousand years and erected Shinto shrines all over Japan?
by alephnan 4y ago
> consciously invented in the Meiji period
So the Meiji government traveled back in time a thousand years and erected Shinto shrines all over Japan?
- astrange 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Shinto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Shinto
- alephnan 4y agoThen you should know imperial shrines are obviously different. I’ve been to 47 prefectures of Japan and thousands of shrines. I’m well aware imperial shrines exist. Just because American politicians utilize the word God does not mean they invented Christianity.
- astrange 4y agoBy “the current religion” I mean the practices of lay people, not the buildings. Like not literally believing that kami exist, but doing hatsumode + Buddhist funerals. The Christian-like wedding ceremonies are more recent than that I guess.