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Urashima Tarô is a classic Japanese folk tale, which tells of a fisherman who after spending time in the Dragon King ...the [[Edo period]], Urashima Tarô is one of the few widely-known Japanese folk tales that actually dates back to earlier eras. It appears in some of the e

...re commoner associations which emerged in the [[Edo period]], dedicated to folk religious worship of the [[kami|gods]] of [[Mt. Fuji]]. As many could not a [[Category:Shinto]]

...(Chief Priest of [[Chichibu Shrine]] and President of the [[International Shinto Foundation]]), 2 November 2012, UC Santa Barbara.</ref> are erected at site ...be described thusly: "No one believes in Shinto, but everyone reveres it." Shinto is an integral part of Japan's national identity, its cycle of daily life,

...o with certain ancient rites of the imperial court. Some [[Heian period]] "folk music" (''fûzokuuta'') has also been classicized and incorporated into the

==Before Folk Studies== ...ell as that of Japan and China, and it is likely that his attitudes toward folk studies stemmed from Western books concerning folklore and ethnology that h

..., ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', ''[[Engishiki]]'', ''[[Azuma kagami]]'', ''[[Ryukyu Shinto ki|Ryûkyû Shintô ki]]'', and ''[[Shi liuqiu lu|Shǐ liúqiú lù]]''. ...s; the royal court; literature and arts; goods and products; clothing; and folk customs.

...ch many suggest likely grew out of similar or shared origins with Japanese Shinto, though others argue strongly that such ideas have colonialist and Oriental ...nment, simply thinking of it as the Ryukyuan version of (or equivalent of) Shinto, though many scholars and indigenous activists rail against this notion, ca

...d by [[Zhong Kui]] or one of a number of similar supernatural figures from folk religion, as were the twelve animal spirits. ...ver, melding with various local and regional art forms and developing into folk theatre forms still active today.

...û]],<ref>[[Ise]], [[Mie prefecture]].</ref> is the most sacred shrine in [[Shinto|Shintô]]. Associated with the sun goddess [[Amaterasu]], and holding the s ...s history, much surrounding that association today is a product of [[State Shinto]] as constructed in the [[Meiji period]] or even as late as the 1930s. In t

...overed. While their efforts certainly did serve to revive or preserve many folk traditions which might otherwise have been lost, it is important to note th ...twined, Buddhism was now extricated from shrines, to make them more purely Shinto sites. A great many temples were closed in [[1869]]-[[1870]] or so, and a g

...d, and ''[[yuta]]'' and ''[[noro]]'' priestesses persecuted, while [[State Shinto]] was introduced and encouraged. Many of these assimilation practices conti ...til [[1896]], and then public space beginning in [[1909]], was made into a Shinto shrine in 1925. At some point in the 1930s, it became home to a major under

...ts, and were almost exclusively produced or sponsored by Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, court nobles, the Imperial Court, or samurai elites. The vast majo ...nal block-carvers, printers, or publishers. Related to the ''[[mingei]]'' (folk craft) and other Modern Art movements, ''sôsaku hanga'' focused on the art

...rs (''ôshibai'') and eight small ones (''koshibai''); Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines also occasionally staged performances, with the authorization of th ...from the abstract and formal ''mai'' dance form of Noh, and away from the folk ''odori'' traditions,<ref>''Mai'' dances can be quite slow, and center on w

...ree of autonomy from any outside authorities. Meanwhile, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, and certain other institutions, as well as merchant guilds and cer