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Shintō Kokusai Gakkai

The International Shintō Foundation, established in 1994 to promote scholarly study and international understanding of Shintō.

Definition

Founded in 1994 by Umeda Yoshimi as the International Shintō Foundation (ISF), it sponsors academic conferences, English-language translations, and university chairs in Shintō studies in Europe and North America. It collaborates closely with Kokugakuin University’s Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, the producers of the online Encyclopedia of Shinto.

Etymology

Shintō + kokusai ("international") + gakkai ("association")