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Word: butsudan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more shrines and temples than cigarette shops. There are even Shinto altars in numerous offices of major cities. New skyscrapers are often decorated with red-and-white-striped sheets of Shinto cloth. Rural village homes, where traditional spirituality survives, typically have both a kamidana (Shinto altar) and a butsudan (Buddhist altar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Bit of This, a Bit of That | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

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