Soryo Ha Naze Butsuzo Wo Hakai Shita No Ka Kokuho Ni Himerareta Shimbutsu Bunri Haibutsukishaku No Yami (Takarajima SUGOI Bunko)

[Machine Translation] After the "Great Decree of Restoration of the Monarchy" in 1867, the new government implemented the separation of Shintoism and Buddhism, which led to the abolition of Buddhism and the movement to abolish Buddhism. It is said that the number of temples in Japan was reduced by half during the Meiji Restoration, a period of black history. What exactly happened to shrines and temples at that time? Why did the policy of separating shrines and temples escalate into such a rare religious attack and destruction of cultural properties that monks themselves are said to have smashed the principal image of a temple with an axe? Kofukuji Temple, Yasaka Shrine, Sensoji Temple, Nikko Toshogu Shrine.... With shocking visual materials, this book deciphers the biggest taboo in Japanese religious history!

1867年の「王政復古の大号令」後に新政府が行った神仏分離によって巻き起こった廃仏毀釈。日本の寺院が半減したとされる明治維新の黒歴史である。そのとき神社仏閣では、一体何が起こったのか。神社と寺院を分離する政策が、なぜ僧侶自らが本尊を斧で叩き割ったとされるほどの史上稀な宗教攻撃、文化財破壊にまで激化したのか?興福寺、八坂神社、浅草寺、日光東照宮...。衝撃的なビジュアル資料とともに、日本宗教史における最大のタブーを読み解く!