Shinto Deities that Crossed the Sea: Japan's "Overseas Shrines," 1868 to 1945

As Japan expanded its political influence over its Asian neighbors, Japanese migrants increasingly began to erect Shinto shrines in which to worship the deities they had brought with them from Japan. The Japanese government, which encountered resistance on foreign soil, saw those newly erected Shint...

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Main Author: Nakajima, Michio 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2010]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-46
Further subjects:B Emperors
B Shrine Shinto
B Buddhism
B Deities
B Religious Studies
B Colonialism
B Religious rituals
B Government Regulation
B Christianity
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