Honcho Shrine Thoughts - Honcho Shrine Thoughts

Japanese: 本朝神社考 - ほんちょうじんじゃこう

Hayashi Razan's main work on Confucian Shinto. Six volumes. Date of completion unknown. Referring to national histories such as the Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Engishiki, and Jinno Shotoki, it examines the origins of shrines in various provinces and also touches on the art of spiritualism. It preaches the principle of the unity of Shintoism and Confucianism, and criticizes the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism. As an academic study of shrines in the early modern period, it had a great influence on the studies of Shintoists and scholars of Japanese classics, and became a pioneer of Japanese classics and restoration of Shinto. An abbreviated version, Jinja Koshosetsu (1649), was created for Tokugawa Yoshinao.

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Japanese:

林羅山の儒教神道の主著。6巻。成立年未詳。『古事記』『日本書紀』『延喜式』『神皇正統記』などの国史に徴して，諸国の神社の源流を考証し，あわせて霊異方術にも触れている。神儒合一の理を説き，神仏の習合を非難した。近世初期の学問的な神社研究として，神道家，国学者の神祇研究に大きな影響を与え，国学，復古神道の先駆となった。略本として徳川義直のために作った『神社考詳節』 (1649) がある。

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