[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!