Home›Sources›Naruse, Daijosai and the Separation of Religion and State (Japanese Society and Culture, 2020)SourcesNaruse, Daijosai and the Separation of Religion and State (Japanese Society and Culture, 2020)Thomas Makoto NaruseCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Naruse, Daijosai and the Separation of Religion and State (Japanese Society and Culture, 2020)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/naruse-daijosai-separation-religion-state.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Naruse, Daijosai and the Separation of Religion and State (Japanese Society and Culture, 2020). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/naruse-daijosai-separation-religion-stateCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-naruse-daijosai-and-the-separation-of-re, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Naruse, Daijosai and the Separation of Religion and State (Japanese Society and Culture, 2020)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/naruse-daijosai-separation-religion-state}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThomas Makoto Naruse's peer reviewed article in the journal Japanese Society and Culture examines the Daijosai's classification as a private religious act of the Imperial Family rather than an act of state, and the recurring lawsuits and constitutional disputes that classification has produced given that a modern emperor's enthronement, including Emperor Akihito's in 1990, still draws on public funds.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedThomas Makoto NarusePublisherWell-attestedJapanese Society and Culture, Toyo UniversityURLWell-attestedhttps://gensoken.toyo.ac.jp/japanese-society-and-culture/vol2/iss1/4/Source TypeWell-attestedpeer-reviewed articleAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A peer reviewed academic journal article in Japanese Society and Culture, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable peer reviewed scholarship, used here for the Daijosai's constitutional status and the lawsuits Akihito's 1990 rite drew, corroborated by the Imperial Household Agency's own record of the ceremony's dates.Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested6SourcesNaruse, Daijosai and the Separation of Religion and State (Japanese Society and Culture, 2020)General References1Spread EventsEmperor Akihito Performs the First Daijosai Since State Shinto's DisestablishmentComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year