600-800 CE: Formation of Japan as a Nation, Introduction of Buddhism
World of the Kami
	1.	Review: Indigenous Japanese Religion - Prehistory
	◦	Mystery of the origins of Japan - Wa (Wei), Yamatai, Nihon Amaterasu - Ninigi ----> Prince Shotoku
	◦	Nihon shoki (First Chronicle of Japan) & Kojiki (Chronicle of Ancient Affairs) - commissioned by Fujiwara dominated court - History and as Myth - Mytho-History
	◦	Formation of Japan as a Nation and State Religion
	◦	Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Kami (Shinto)
	◦	6th Century: Soga Clan, 
	◦	6th-7th Cent: Empress Suiko, Prince Shotoku: 17-article constitution, Principle of Harmony (Wa 和), Only the Buddha
	◦	7th Cent: Nakatomi Clan - Fujiwara no Kamatari, 
	2.	 Kawai, "Hollow-centered Balance Model of Japanese Mythology"
	◦	Creation myth: Japanese islands created by wife and husband, Izanami and Izanagi
	◦	Triad of Gods: Sun Goddess, Storm God, Moon God
	◦	Amaterasu, Susano-o, Tsukiyomi
	◦	Political and Religious Implications
	3.	Shinto - Kami Dosojinkk