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The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquish of Syncretism and the Rise of State Orthodoxy (2026 Historiographical Guide)

"The historical evolution of modern Shinto is defined by a process of ideological conquest, administrative restructuring, and cultural transformation. The concept of "the vanquish" in the emergence of modern Japanese Shinto describes the deliberate dismantling and eradication of more than a millennium of syncretic Shinto-Buddhist integration (shinbutsu-shūgō), the state-sponsored suppression of Buddhist monastic power (haibutsu kishaku), and the subjugation of diverse, localized folk animism beneath a centralized, state-controlled imperial ideology during the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Understanding modern Shinto requires separating ancient an..."

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