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The 30 pages that link to State Shinto, each with the reason it gives.

• ShintoRelated: Modern state policy transformed shrine worship into a national institution.

• KojikiRelated: Its imperial ideology drew on myths and genealogies preserved in the Kojiki.

• Japanese nationalismRelated: Its rituals gave imperial loyalty a prominent place in public life.

• Sonnō jōiRelated: The restored state later formalized imperial-centered practices distinct from the slogan’s late Edo activism.

• Emperor MeijiRelated: It strengthened the association between national unity and the imperial institution.

• Emperor of JapanRelated: It tied imperial authority to public religious ritual before its postwar separation from the state.

• Japanese militarismRelated: Its institutions promoted emperor-centered loyalty that militarists drew on.

• Yasukuni ShrineRelated: Yasukuni operated within a state order that tied shrine rites to imperial loyalty.

• Shinto shrineRelated: State policies transformed shrine administration and linked some shrines to national observances.

• Japanese mythologyRelated: Modern political institutions recast imperial-origin narratives as support for national authority.

• AmaterasuRelated: State institutions elevated Amaterasu and linked her worship to imperial ideology.

• BushidoRelated: Modern authorities linked imperial loyalty and selected Bushido ideals to state ritual and national identity.

• Imperial House of JapanRelated: It linked public ritual and national identity to the imperial institution.

• Ise Grand ShrineRelated: Ise became a central symbol in the state’s promotion of emperor-centered shrine worship.

• Imperial Rescript on EducationRelated: Imperial reverence in school ceremonies overlapped with the state’s wider sacralization of the emperor.

• KokugakuRelated: Later institutions adapted some Kokugaku themes while transforming them for a modern state.

• Kojiki-denRelated: Later national interpretations of antiquity drew on traditions of scholarship shaped by Norinaga.

• Iwakura TomomiRelated: Iwakura promoted the political centrality of imperial rites and shrine institutions.

• Shinbutsu bunriRelated: Separating shrines from Buddhist institutions helped make their later state administration possible.

• Emperor JimmuRelated: It elevated Jimmu’s divine ancestry and founding story within national ideology.

• Imperial Regalia of JapanRelated: Its use of imperial mythology made the regalia part of modern state symbolism.

• KimigayoRelated: The anthem’s imperial symbolism is often discussed alongside this prewar state ideology.

• Takeo HiroseRelated: Public remembrance of military heroes operated within a culture of state-sponsored ritual.

• TenrikyoRelated: Its policies affected how Tenrikyo could organize and present itself publicly.

• Yamato peopleRelated: It connected imperial loyalty and national belonging to an official account of Japanese tradition.