Case Study: “shinbutsu bunri” (), policy of the Meiji government (1868-1912) with the goal of separating Shint and Buddhism.
How and why did the Meiji government re-constructed Shinto and de-established Buddhism as a part of modernisation efforts?
To have a more precise case, look at the 1868 Meiji government order, “Kami and Buddhas Separation Order” ( Shinbutsu Hanzenrei),
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consider how the Meiji Constitution (1889) shapes, or is shaped by, the information we can glean from the case study how should we read the Constitutional implications of the facts this source gives us? What is missing and how could we fill in these blanks.
How and why did the Meiji government re-constructed Shinto and de-established Buddhism as a part of modernisation efforts?
