Shintōshū

Japanese setsuwa collection from the Nanboku-chō period, illustrating the honji suijaku theory that Japanese kami were manifestations of Buddhist gods

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The Shintōshū (神道集) is a Japanese setsuwa collection in ten volumes, believed to date from the Nanboku-chō period (1336–1392). It illustrates with tales about various shrines the Buddhist honji suijaku theory, according to which Japanese kami were simply local manifestations of the Indian gods of Buddhism. This theory, created and developed mostly by Tendai monks, was never systematized but was nonetheless very pervasive and influential. The book had thereafter great influence over literature and the arts.

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