An Analysis of Shintoism in Tokugawa Period (629 words, 3 pages)
Shintoism The Shinto religion was started in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) of Japanese history. The Tokugawa "Enlightenment" inspired a group of people who studied kokugaku, which roughly translated means "nativism," "Japanese Studies," or "Native Studies." Kokugaku's intent was to recover "Japanese character" to what it was before the early influences ...
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