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Where and how did Shinto originate?
Natural landscape of Japan
Which religions can be found in modern Japan?
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Christianity
When did Shinto begin?
Pre-historic times
What does the term “Shinto” mean?
The way of the kami
What is a Founded Religion?
Has a founder, teacher, prophet that has a teaching
When did Christianity first enter Japan? Who brought it there?
1549 when Jesuit priests brought Christianity to Japan
Why did many Japanese people not find Christianity appealing?
They have to leave their Japanese culture. If they joined Christianity, they can’t practice Shinto.
What percentage of the Japanese population is Christianity today?
Less than 1%
What are folk traditions?
Beliefs on nature and spirituality. Closely connected with other types of Shinto
Kami
That which is sacred. Anything that’s Japanese (inanimate and animate objects, people, ancestors, nature)
Where, in particular, is Kami found within Japan?
Throughout Japan. Ancestors, nature, objects
What role do shrines play within Shinto?
Worship/rituals. Public contact with Kami
What is a protective shrine?
Shrine closest to the family
When do Japanese visit shrines?
Personal needs, when they need to, festivals
What’s the name given to the sacred gateways of Shinto?
Torii
The most important festival in Shinto celebrates what?
The celebration of New Year
For Shinto, is it more important to properly believe or properly practice?
Properly practice
Name the two oldest mythological accounts of Shinto
Kojiki
Nihongi
Name the divine couple and child of Shinto mythology
Izanagi- male (sky father)
Izanami- female (earth mother)
Amaterasu- sun goddess
What has been the history between Shinto and Buddhism in Japan?
When Buddhism first came to Japan there was tension between them because Buddhism wasn’t Japanese