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State Shinto

official religion of the Japanese Empire, emphasizing the divinity of the Japanese emperor
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State Shinto
Toyohara Chikanobu · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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State Shinto

Summary

State Shinto is a state religion[1]. It draws 424 Wikipedia views per month (state_religion category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • State Shinto is in the country of Empire of Japan[3].
  • State Shinto's image is recorded as Meiji-tenno among kami and emperors.JPG[4].
  • State Shinto's instance of is recorded as state religion[5].
  • State Shinto's instance of is recorded as Shinto sects and schools[6].
  • State Shinto's subclass of is recorded as Shinto[7].
  • State Shinto's subclass of is recorded as imperial cult[8].
  • State Shinto's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01123662[9].
  • +1868-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of State Shinto[10].
  • State Shinto was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • State Shinto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gq5b1[12].
  • State Shinto's topic's main category is recorded as Category:State Shinto[13].
  • State Shinto's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/State-Shinto[14].
  • State Shinto's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '国家神道'}[15].
  • State Shinto's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as shintoismo-di-stato[16].
  • State Shinto's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 国家神道[17].
  • State Shinto's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 국가신토[18].

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Founding

+1868-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of State Shinto[10].

Dissolution

State Shinto was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].

Why It Matters

State Shinto draws 424 Wikipedia views per month (state_religion category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Dizionario di Storia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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