Present studies are devoted to Suika Shintō, a branch of Shintō developed by Yamazaki Ansai, religious sociality, and religious activities of Lafcadio Hearn.
Also, Ansai was able to receive the secret teachings of the Yoshida and Ise Shinto traditions, which he would use in attempting to reconstruct a "pure Shinto", that would reflect the Way of Neo-Confucianism.
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He believed that just as much as the emperor, the bakufu were part of the sacred political order (and that these warriors were exemplified in the archetype of Susanoo).
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In his scholarly research of Shinto texts, Ansai was able to break the monopoly on Shinto doctrine, by freeing it from the private storehouses of specialist, Shinto circles (Yoshida, Ise), and thereby making it available for future generations to freely study and interpret.
Yamazaki Sōkan | Yamazaki Ansai | Yamazaki | Kazuo Yamazaki | Mino-Yamazaki Station | Masayoshi Yamazaki |