600-800 CE: Formation of Japan as a Nation, Introduction of Buddhism
World of the Kami
	1.	Indigenous Japanese Religion - Prehistory
	◦	Wei (Wa), Yamatai, Riben, Japan - modern nation state
	◦	Jih-pen, Riben, Cipangu, Jipangu, Jippon, Nihon, Japan 日本
	◦	Migration of Japanese tribes into the Islands
	◦	Ural-Altaic, Polynesian influences; Ainu - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu; Kyoto, Edo (Tokyo) Shogun
	◦	Kami - gods and goddesses - and "Shinto"
	◦	Himiko (Pimiko) in the Land of Wa (Wei)
	◦	Shamanism/Shamaness; Matriarchy and Rulership; Oracle for the gods (Kami) polytheism, center of power
	◦	NOT omnipotent, omniscient - Sun Goddess - Amaterasu - Ninigi
	◦	- Ise Shrine, Susano-o - Izumo Shrine
	◦	Nihon shoki (First Chronicle of Japan) & Kojiki (Chronicle of Ancient Affairs) - 11 ministers - 7 Fujiwara - Hosokawa - Prince Shotoku
	2.	Formation of Japan as a Nation and State Religion
	◦	Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Kami (Shinto)
	3.	Kawai, "Hollow-centered Balance Model of Japanese Mythology"
	◦	Triad of Gods: Sun Goddess, Storm God, Moon God
	◦	Amaterasu, Susano-o, Tsukiyomi
	◦	Political and Religious Implications