Folkway to National Religion: The Metamorphosis of Shinto during the Meiji Era

Author

• Jorge Rafael Hernanez

Date of Award

2021

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Ely, Christopher

Abstract

During the Meiji era (1869-1912) a group of academics known as the National learning school helped create and then institute a civic religion known as State Shinto. This belief system took aspects of the folkway known as Shinto and modified it into a form of nationalism which centered on the figure of the Japanese Emperor. This Thesis examines the applications of State Shinto, how affected the lives of those living in Imperial Japan, and how State Shinto differs from its namesake.

Comments

Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2021

Recommended Citation

Hernanez, Jorge Rafael, "Folkway to National Religion: The Metamorphosis of Shinto during the Meiji Era" (2021). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present. 110.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors/110

Extent

53 p.

Identifier

FAUHT00145