The name by which it is now known comes from the Chinese for "way of the gods," and it was once know
The name by which it is now known comes from the Chinese for "way of the gods," and it was once known as kannagara, or "the way of the kami." Its texts include the Kojiki and the Nihongi, which were written around 700 AD, already after Buddhism had become the state religion of Japan. FTP, name the loosely organized religion which consists of ancestor and spirit worship, the traditional religion of Japan.
The name by which it is now known comes from the Chinese for "way of the gods," and it was once known as kannagara, or "the way of the kami.
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