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Shinbutsu bunri

A Buddhist pagoda (a Yakushi- (薬師堂) at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine in Kamakura before the shinbutsu bunri

The Japanese term shinbutsu bunri (神仏分離) indicates the separation of Shinto from Buddhism, introduced after the Meiji Restoration which separated Shinto kami from buddhas, and also Buddhist temples from Shinto shrines, which were originally amalgamated. It is a yojijukugo phrase.


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