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Basic Shinto
Samurai
Types of Shinto
Kami
100
What does Shinto mean?
way of the Kami
100
Who is the main character in "The Last Samurai"?
Tom Cruise
100
What are the 3 types of Shinto?
Shrine, Sect, and Popular
100
What is the Kami?
anything the Shinto hold as sacred
200
What is the symbol for Shinto?
A torii (traditional Japanese gate)
200
What does Bushido represent
"way of the warrior"
200
What type of Shinto became the state religion of Japan?
Shrine Shinto
200
Give 3 examples of Kami
deities, certain human beings, Japan’s divine ancestors, natural entities or objects, and animals
300
What type of narrative is the Shinto history written in?
authoritative history by the imperial court
300
What is the Samurai?
Japan's medieval knights
300
After Shrine Shinto was named the state religion, the other religions were broken into how many sects?
13
300
How many Kami do the Shinto believe in?
over 8 million
400
What were the 2 primal figures that created the Islands of Japan and other deities (like our Adam and Eve figures)?
Izanagi, Izanami
400
What is the ritual suicide where one experiences a painful death by cutting open their own abdomen?
Seppuku
400
What separates the Popular Shinto from the other sects of Shinto?
It did not require priests or a formal shrine to be practiced
400
What is a Kamidana
a small altar in the home, patterned after Shinto shrines, that serves as the focal point of domestic worship
500
Who does the emperor line of Japan date back to?
Ni-ni-gi or Amaterasu, the sun goddess
500
How long was the Heian Period?
794-1185
500
Who was the title akitsu mikami given to?
Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito
500
Does Kami represent a singular entity or multiple deities?
Both