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The above is a summary of "Shrine Shinto" (''jinja shintô''). A variety of other practices and belief structures are sometimes categorized under terms such as ''[[kyoha]]'' (sectarian Shinto, started during the [[Meiji period]]), [[State Shinto]] (also begun during Meiji, and connected closely to the ultra-nationalism of the early 20th century), and [[folk Shinto]], which encompasses a myriad of family and regional traditions and practices.

The above is a summary of "Shrine Shinto" (''jinja shintô''). A variety of other practices and belief structures are sometimes categorized under terms such as ''[[kyoha]]'' (sectarian Shinto, started during the [[Meiji period]]), [[State Shinto]] (also begun during Meiji, and connected closely to the ultra-nationalism of the early 20th century), and [[folk Shinto]], which encompasses a myriad of family and regional traditions and practices.

The first time the term ''Shintô'' appears within the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'' is in the chapter concerning the reign of [[Emperor Yomei|Emperor Yômei]]<ref>''Nihongi''. Aston. 2.106.</ref>.

The first time the term ''Shintô'' appears within the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'' is in the chapter concerning the reign of [[Emperor Yomei|Emperor Yômei]]<ref>''Nihongi''. Aston. 2.106.</ref>. The set of beliefs and practices later to be called Shintô may have first entered Japan in the [[Yayoi period]]; indigenous folk religion in Korea shares many features with Shintô,<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 11.</ref> while differing somewhat from [[Ainu]] practices which might descend more directly from [[Jomon period|Jômon period]] beliefs.

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