RELIGIONS
SHINTO
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6th century B.C
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7th century A.D
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6th century A.D
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7th century B.C
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the late 6th century AD the name Shinto was created for the native religion to distinguish it from Buddhism and Confucianism, which had been introduced from China.
Detailed explanation-2: -Confucianism was known to the Japanese from the sixth C.E. on; however, it was not until the Edo or Tokugawa period (1600-1868) that it became a leading ideology of state and a pervasive teaching in Japanese society.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shinto or shintoism is Japan’s oldest religion, dating back to the Yayoi period (200 BCE – 250 CE).
Detailed explanation-4: -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.