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In this paper I focus on the change in the very nature of religion. How it moves to something simple and natural to a wide organized, centralized and political religion. Shinto moves from simple tribal religions to a State religion, as Buddhism from statues and flags to a centralized religion with regulations concerning the clothing on the monks. This paper will also look at the change in how the Japanese tried to make the religion their own.
Early Shinto in Japan was a tribal religion, not a state one. It mainly focused on the worshiping of ancestors and carrying on their own individual beliefs. There were no set actions involved with the religion, which would make all follows follow the religion in a specific way. As Japan started going through a difficult period, it was obvious that something was needed to unify the people. The early modern Shinto religion took advantage of this opportunity and soon Shinto became a State religion. To express great emphasis on the new state...

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Title: Early Japanese Religion
Approximate word count: 858
Approximate pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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