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State Shinto (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia's article on State Shinto, community-edited. States the 1868 Kami and Buddhas Separation Order, the 1869 re-establishment of the Department of Divinity emphasizing the emperor's descent from Amaterasu, and the historian Sakamoto Koremaru's scholarly dating of the formal "State Shinto system" to 1900 through 1945.
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for State Shinto's establishment, naming the 1868 informal start against the 1900 formal-system scholarly dating as two different things the same phrase can mean, rather than picking one silently. NotesUsed for Shinto's own homeland establishment as a state institution under the Meiji government.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Shinto
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This source names Amaterasu directly: "emphasizing the emperor's descent from Amaterasu, and the historian Sakamoto Koremaru's scholarly dating of the formal "State Shinto system" to 1900 through 1945."
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
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- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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