Abstract

Since ancient times, Japanese people have believed that gods reside in everything that exists in this world. They were protecting people and giving a lot of grace but at the same time, they were sometimes causing terrible natural disasters. Shinto is a combination of this simple worship of nature and ancestors, and the stories and legends of the ancestors who created this country.
This book is a super introduction to the essence of Shinto, with humorous illustrations and words that even elementary school students can understand. "How many gods are there? (The Land of Eight Million Gods)" "What is the difference between Shinto and Buddhism? (History of Shintoism) "Understanding Japan through Mythology" "Genealogy of the Gods of Mythology" and "What is a Shrine? "What is a shrine like?" and so on. This is the book elementary school students can easily get interests in Shinto :"mysterious world".

Author’s Information

・Tetsuo Yamaori
　Born in 1931. Religious studies researcher. Graduated from the Department of Indo-European Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Tohoku University. He has been an associate professor of the Faculty of Letters at Tohoku University, a professor at the National Museum of Japanese History, a professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, and the director of the same center. He is the author of many books, including "Kukai no Kuwadate" (Kukai's Plan), "Aiyoku no Seishinshi" (The intellectual History of Lust), "Shimatsu" (The End of the World) and "Shisha to Senzo no Hanashi" (Stories of the Dead and the Ancestors) and so on.
・Mitsuru Ito
　After working as an advertising designer, he became an illustrator.
He is an illustrator who characterizes all kinds of things.