It was only at the onset of the Tokugawa period (1602-1868) that formal political thought emerged in Japan. Prior to that time Japanese scholars had concentrate

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This dictionary contains entries which identify the principal historical and mythological names that are central to the Shinto tradition but also demonstrate th