Shinto

Examples of Shinto in the following topics:

• Animism

  • Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan, is highly animistic.
  • In Shinto, spirits of nature, or kami, are believed to exist everywhere.
  • Examples of Animism can be seen in forms of Shinto, Hinduism, Buddhism, pantheism, Paganism, and Neopaganism.

• Grave Goods in the Kofun Period

  • The Kofun period is characterized by a Shinto culture which existed prior to the introduction of Buddhism.
  • Kofun burial mounds on Tanegashima and two very old Shinto shrines on Yakushima suggest that these islands were the southern boundaries of the Yamato state.

• Sacred Objects

  • The ten largest organized religions of the world, comprised of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Judaism, Sikhism, Baha'i, Jainism and Shinto, each have longstanding traditions that relate to sacred objects.

• Religion

  • Symbols representing some world religions, from left to right: row 1: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism row 2: Islam, Buddhism, Shinto row 3: Sikhism, Bahá'í Faith, Jainism

• Animism

  • Examples of animism can be found in forms of Shinto, Serer, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Pantheism, Paganism, and Neopaganism.

• Japanese Buddhism

  • Japan developed an extremely rich figurative art for the pantheon of Buddhist deities, sometimes combined with Hindu and Shinto influences.

• Timeline

• Rituals

  • The Shinto Shrines of Ise Jingu in Japan serve as an example of the importance of non-preservation.

• Japanese Architecture in the Momoyama Period

  • Ōsaki Hachiman-gū (大) is a Shinto shrine in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan and is a fine example of Momoyama architecture.

• Elements of Nature

  • From ancient Norse and Celtic mythologies to the Nigerian and Indian cosmological thoughts, extending far east in the ancient Shinto faith of Japan and the forest peoples of Malaysia, sacred groves are considered living temples, albeit absent of stone walls or ornate stone monuments.