Shinto
noun
1.
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
adjective
2.
Also, Shintoistic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Shinto.
noun
1.
the indigenous religion of Japan, polytheistic in character and incorporating the worship of a number of ethnic divinities, from the chief of which the emperor is believed to be descended
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