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Small wooden shrine at Arakura Sengen Shinto Shrine in Fujiyoshida, Japan, flanked by two traditional orange lanterns and surrounded by green foliage.
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Japanese:
Jinja Shintō
Date:
c. 1945 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
Shintō
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Shintō shrine Shintō shrine with paper streamers, Fujiyoshida, Japan.

Shrine Shintō

Japanese religion
Also known as: Jinja Shintō
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History

Shrine Shintō, form of the Shintō religion of Japan that focusses on worship in public shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices (see Kyōha Shintō); the successor to State Shintō, the nationalistic cult disbanded by decree of the Allied occupation forces at the end of World War II and subsequently in the Japanese constitution. More than 80,000 shrines, nearly all of those formerly administered by the government, have formed themselves into an Association of Shintō Shrines (Jinja Honchō). They no longer receive financial support from the government but are dependent on private contributions for their maintenance and for the support of their priests.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.