WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Shinto (literally “the way of the gods”) is Japan’s native belief system and predates historical records. The many practices, attitudes, and institutions that have developed to make up Shinto revolve around the Japanese land and seasons and their relation with the human inhabitants.

Detailed explanation-2: -The indigenous religion of Japan, Shintō, coexists with various sects of Buddhism, Christianity, and some ancient shamanistic practices, as well as a number of “new religions” (shinkō shukyō) that have emerged since the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shinto is the oldest surviving and widely practiced Japanese religion, but unlike a lot of religions, Shinto doesn’t have a clear origin story. It appears to have evolved out of different cultural practices from ancient Japan, with limited historical records.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shintoisms were the only religions in Japan until the arrival of Buddhism in the 6th century CE. From then on Shinto faiths and traditions took on Buddhist elements, and later, Confucian ones.