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Shinto (REL_8)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: rel_8.ttl

Name

shinto

Attribute

REL Religious Designation

Definition

A religious system incorporating the worship of ancestors, nature-spirits and other divinities, and (until 1945) a belief in the divinity of the Japanese emperor.

Description

Until 1945 the State religion of Japan.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Allowed for

• AL131 Monument
• ZI037 Religious Information

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.