神仏分離
しんぶつぶんり
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
Words
Kanji 仏, meaning Buddha, appears in 310 Japanese vocabulary entries.
しんぶつぶんり
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
たんじょうぶつ
statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)
はいぶつきしゃく
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)