Fukko Shinto
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Fukko Shintō is a movement within Shinto that was advocated by Japanese scholars during the Edo period. It attempted to reject Buddhist and Confucian influence on Shinto and return to a native Japanes
Hirata Atsutane
Honda Chikaatsu
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Honda Chikaatsu was a Japanese Shinto writer, philosopher, religious teacher, and spiritualist. Honda is known for devising the meditation and spirit possession techniques chinkon and kishin, respecti
Fukko Shinto
…a more academic standpoint. Scholars such as Kamo no Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga first advanced the theory of Kodō, followed by Hirata Atsutane and Honda Chikaatsu who completed Fukko Shintō through rejection of Confucianism and Buddhism, and fervor for what they saw as Japan's pure and ancient beliefs. The movement…
Honda Chikaatsu
Miwa Shrine (神神社, Miwa Jinja), where Honda Chikaatsu often stayed at during the last several years of his life