Le nouvel empire des ›kami‹

How does shintō has taken part into the Japanese conquest of the Manchurian frontier? Modern shintō is often seen as a unified ritual system based on shrines which are considered either as places embodying “State shintō”, or as popular places of worship. This point of view is even more emphasized in the case of “overseas shrines” erected during the Japanese expansion in Asia. The first purpose of this book is to show that these two dimensions are complementary and take part in the imperial movem