ARHI 1102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Heian Period, Mahayana, Taoism
2 Jan 2017
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Shinto was a popular japanese religion that was very centered round nature. Every piece of nature was believed to have its own spirit and followers were meant to respect these spirits. This sort of belief in a spirit within all things is referred to as animism. In addition to each spirit within nature, shinto has a set of main gods, as well. Shinto built shrines to these gods as well as places where many spirits were thought to live. They were made of wood and designed to resemble traditional. Shinto also had a smaller version of a shrine called a torii (figure 11). A torii was a gateway that marked a sacred place where a spirit was thought to live. It was a sign to be respectful of the area for the spirit. Buddhism entered japan through china, so the main frame of buddhism had already been altered by.
