Honji suijaku
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The term honji suijaku or honchi suijaku in Japanese religious terminology refers to a theory widely accepted until the Meiji period according to which Indian Buddhist deities choose to appear in Japa
A mandala showing Buddhist deities and their kami counterparts
Manifestation of Kumano Gongen (Dannōhōrinji), a manifestation of Amida Buddha at the Kumano shrine
Kami Hachiman in Buddhist attire
Shinbutsu-shūgō
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Shinbutsu-shūgō, a.k.a. the Shinbutsu-konkō, is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's main organized religion up until the Meiji period. Beginning in 1868, the new Meiji government ap
Foxes sacred to Shinto kami Inari, a torii, a Buddhist stone pagoda, and Buddhist figures together at Jōgyō-ji, Kamakura
Prince Shōtoku, an early proponent of Buddhism and instrumental in the defeat of the Mononobe Clan