The state-ordered form of the Meiji and war years, when the shrines stood as public institutions of the empire; dissolved as a state system in 1945.
The state-ordered form of the Meiji and war years, when the shrines stood as public institutions of the empire; dissolved as a state system in 1945.
State Shinto across the site
Sources
Primary
- The Kojiki; the Jinja Honcho's own publications.
Secondary
- Helen Hardacre, Shinto: A History (2017).