Sophia University's own Monumenta Nipponica journal page for Wilbur M. Fridell's 1973 monograph Japanese Shrine Mergers, 1906-12: State Shinto Moves to the Grassroots, documenting how the Home Ministry's Bureau of Shrines pursued a policy of one shrine per administrative village following the Russo-Japanese War, the stated aim of deepening popular reverence for shrines set against the underlying goals of emperor centered nationalism, family hierarchy and tightened local administrative control, and the growing intellectual and parliamentary opposition that eventually curtailed the most forcible merger tactics.
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Sophia University's own listing for its scholarly journal Monumenta Nipponica, publishing Fridell's peer reviewed monograph on the shrine merger policy, tier 1, used here for the campaign's administrative machinery, its stated and underlying aims, and the opposition that curtailed forcible mergers, corroborated by Kokugakuin University's Encyclopedia of Shinto entry above. NotesUsed for the Home Ministry Bureau of Shrines' administrative role, the campaign's stated and underlying aims, and the intellectual and parliamentary opposition that curtailed forcible mergers.
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AuthorWilbur M. Fridell
PublisherSophia University, Monumenta Nipponica
URLhttps://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/monograph/japanese-shrine-mergers-1906-12-state-shinto-moves-to-the-grassroots/
Source Typeacademic monograph
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