![]() ![]() Secondly, secularisation will be discussed, paying close attention to State Shinto. Firstly, this essay will give a brief overview of the Meiji Empire, followed by the Tokugawa shogunate’s closeness to religion. This essay intends to discuss the nature of the Meiji Restoration with a focus on the secular process of State Shinto. Shrines used previously to approach the kami were reclassified as official sites for “obligatory expressions of loyalty to the nation.” The policy of State Shinto that was created for the restorative Meiji Empire would eventually lead to the ultranationalist fanaticism of the Japanese Imperial Army. State ritual was promoted by the Meiji government and traditional religious observance to the kami (deities) was considered a private matter. ![]() In 1868 Shinto was made the state religion of Japan and the Bureau of Temples and Shrines was established. ![]()
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