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Answer (1 of 3): I might get corrected here, but as I understand it, when the Imperial court ‘took over’ Shinto, to give itself legitimacy, they declared the Imperial line was descended from Amaterasu Omikami. This is about when “State Shinto” became a thing, and is quite different from ‘folk Shi

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