Introduction
Introduction
Shinto is the belief that in nature Kami exist. Kami is meant to represent god and that we as a people are meant to coexist with it and our own species (we aren’t meant to fight among ourselves). Thus Shinto peacefully coexisted with Buddhism. Shinto.Shinto has also played a rather large role in politics and as such has influenced a lot of the Japanese culture. The deity of Shinto is known as Kami who unlike the all powerful gods of western religions is an energy believed to be held within all of nature.
Kami Kami is the Idea that there are spirits that were once people or gods in nature with the ability hear prayers answer said prayers and intervene with politics and natural events politics(which is why it is said that this religion brings success in business, exams, and agriculture). However not all kami are good kami, kami can make mistakes. Kami can inhabit Items which is why some items are more important than others and in the emperor's case some people are more important in their duties to protect and serve Japan's interests. …show more content…
As the emperor his only job is to ensure that Kami properly looks after Japan properly. The Emperor wasn’t always a political character and was more of a ceremonial character before the Nobel men before him gave him political power in the meiji restoration. however on order of the U.S. government the Emperor surrendered his divinity on January 1 1946 though he still continues his rituals it is on a private
Introduction
Shinto is the belief that in nature Kami exist. Kami is meant to represent god and that we as a people are meant to coexist with it and our own species (we aren’t meant to fight among ourselves). Thus Shinto peacefully coexisted with Buddhism. Shinto.Shinto has also played a rather large role in politics and as such has influenced a lot of the Japanese culture. The deity of Shinto is known as Kami who unlike the all powerful gods of western religions is an energy believed to be held within all of nature.
Kami Kami is the Idea that there are spirits that were once people or gods in nature with the ability hear prayers answer said prayers and intervene with politics and natural events politics(which is why it is said that this religion brings success in business, exams, and agriculture). However not all kami are good kami, kami can make mistakes. Kami can inhabit Items which is why some items are more important than others and in the emperor's case some people are more important in their duties to protect and serve Japan's interests. …show more content…
As the emperor his only job is to ensure that Kami properly looks after Japan properly. The Emperor wasn’t always a political character and was more of a ceremonial character before the Nobel men before him gave him political power in the meiji restoration. however on order of the U.S. government the Emperor surrendered his divinity on January 1 1946 though he still continues his rituals it is on a private