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| v | “During the first four
decades of the |
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| twentieth
century, Japan’s energies were |
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| heavily
concentrated on the strengthening |
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| of nationalism
and militarism; and religion, |
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| especially
Shinto, was used to further these |
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| aims. However,
proper historical |
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| perspective is
crucial if we are to |
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| understand
Shinto. We must see shrine |
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| Shinto as a
modern development within a |
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| tradition with
a long history”(Earhart, 158). |
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