A reconsideration of the shinbutsu bunri edicts in the imperial court

自平安时期以来，佛教和朝廷之间的关系并没有被1871年的神道教和佛教神灵分离的信步文理法令切断。在明治时期，佛教信仰在东京皇太后、皇后和皇室的私人领域内得以存活的方式之一，只是在手边总是放着一尊小佛像。同样，1895年，当皇太子Haru(Haru No Miya)病情危急时，皇室要求仙女寺在福多育和恩玛腾面前进行佛教祈祷，以治愈他的疾病。在明治时代的第二个十年，皇室允许皇室采取双重结构，包括神道教仪式对祖先的官方崇拜和私人佛教追悼会。这一做法影响了现代朝廷。

The relationship between the Buddhism and the imperial court since the Heian Period was not cut off by the shinbutsu bunri edicts - the separation of Shinto and Buddhist deities - in 1871. Having a nenjibutsu -a small statue of Buddha always kept close at hand was only one of the ways that, the Buddhist faith was kept alive within the private sphere of the imperial court for the Dowager Empress, the Empress, and imperial family in Tokyo during the Meiji Period. Likewise, in 1895, when Crown Prince Haru (Haru no Miya) fell into critical condition, the imperial house asked the Sennyuji temple to perform Buddhist prayer services before the Fudomyoo and Enmaten to cure his sickness. In the second decade of the Meiji Era, the Imperial Household Ministry permitted the imperial family to adopt a dual structure comprising the official worship for their ancestors according to Shinto rites and the private Buddhist memorial services. This practice influenced the modern imperial court.