What is a general definition of kami? What is contained in Shinto’s authoritative histories? Who are Izanagi and Izanami? According to the Shinto myth of origins, what is the nature of the ancestry of the Japanese? According to the great Shinto scholar Motoori Norinaga, a wide variety of things can be considered kami. List at least four of them. What do the ancient histories recognize when they say the kami number "eight hundred myriads," or eight million? What is the kamidana? Briefly describe how it is used. What is the torii? What is a kami body, and what is believed to happen to it during worship? Identify the grandest and most famous of all Shinto shrines. The grandest and most From the Shinto perspective, why do humans need to undergo frequent acts and rites of purification? What measures did Japan’s imperial government take to pre-serve Shinto as the national tradition after the appearance of Buddhism? What was the Meiji Restoration? What religious transformation took place during that period? How did Japan’s defeat in World War II affect Shinto? How did sect Shinto come about? Which type of Shinto defies classification? Why? Popular Shinto defies classification because it has never been organized.

Explanation:

Kami refers to things, beings Orr entities that is been held by Japanese as sacred, it includes: animals,deities, human beings, natural entities, and animals.

According to the Shinto myth of origins, the nature of the ancestry of the Japanese is that what is reffered as Shinto myth expansiate the details about the divine ancestry of Japan and its people. It also give illustration about the kami always available and close to Japan's land and their people.

Izanami and Izanagi are refered as the Shinto's religion primordial god. This gods were concieved that it's the one that gave birth to kami and the creator of Island of Japan.

The kamidana refers to the little altar consisting of different objects which iissymbolized Kami presence and is taken to be the centre of Shinto worship in their home.

Worship activities is carried out on daily basis at the kamidana, those that worship must wash their selves as a means of purifying.clapping of hands signify their presence for Kami.

The measures that Japan's imperial government take to preserve Shinto as the national tradition after the appearance of Buddhism is by taking care of the shrine and thorough recording of Shinto's mythology by organizing the shinto priesthood.

The Japan defeat in WWII affected Shinto In the sense that the support gotten by Shinto was used wrongly which resulted to too much of nationalism and militarism.

The Meiji Restoration which is also referred to Meji revolution was activies that brings about the restoration of Imperial rule to Empire of Japan during the year 1868.