Japanese new religions

Japanese new religions are new religious movements established in Japan. In Japanese they are called shinshūkyō (新宗教^?) or shinkō shūkyō (新興宗教^?). Japanese scholars classify all religious organizations founded since the middle of the 19th century as "new religions"; thus, the term refers to a great diversity and number of organizations. Most came into being in the mid-to-late twentieth century and are influenced by much older traditional religions including Shinto, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Western influences include Christianity, the Bible and the writings of Nostradamus.

In the 1860s Japan began to experience great social turmoil and rapid modernization. As social conflicts emerged in this last decade of the Edo period, known as the Bakumatsu period, some new religious movements appeared. Among them were Tenrikyo, Kurozumikyo and Oomoto, sometimes called Nihon Sandai Shinkōshūkyō (literally Japan's three large Shinkōshūkyō), which were directly influenced by Shinto (the state religion) and shamanism.

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