A Nippon.com feature on Lafcadio Hearn, stating in its own words that he believed Shinto "lived not in books but in Japanese people's hearts, deeply resonating with a form of folk spirit that lay at the foundations of superstition, legend, and the occult," and that he was "sympathetic to the notion that sometimes living people could become gods and the broad-minded view that could accept spirits living in artificial objects." Also describes him becoming the first Westerner admitted to the main sanctuary of Izumo Taisha and collecting more than eighty protective amulets from shrines in the Izumo region during repeated personal visits.
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Reliability Tier2
Tier two: a bylined feature from an established Japan focused public interest publication, used for the direct quotation on Hearn's own understanding of Shinto as lived folk spirit rather than doctrine, and for the Izumo Taisha biographical detail. Citation
PublisherNippon.com (Nippon Communications Foundation)
URLhttps://www.nippon.com/en/views/b07208/
Source Typereference
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This source names Izumo Taisha directly: "admitted to the main sanctuary of Izumo Taisha and collecting more than eighty protective amulets from shrines in the Izumo region during repeated personal visits."
Source Lafcadio Hearn's Journey to the Center of the Japanese Spirit (Nippon.com)
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Literary Works, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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