"State Shint\u014D (\u56FD\u5BB6\u795E\u9053, Kokka Shint\u014D) is a neologism introduced during the Occupation of Japan in 1945 to identify certain aspects of Japanese patriotism as \"religious\". The Meiji Constitution adopted a separation of church and state based on the Prussian model, but the American-authored Shinto Directive redefined this separation and privatized some elements of the Japanese government, creating the concept of \"State Shinto\"."@en . . .