Yoshida Shintō

Yoshida Shintō (吉田神道), also frequently referred to as Yuiitsu Shintō (唯一神道, "One-and-only Shintō"), was a prominent sect of Shintō that arose during the Sengoku period through the teachings and work of Yoshida Kanetomo. The sect was originally an effort to organize Shintō teachings into a coherent structure in order to assert its authority vis-a-vis Buddhism. However, by the Edo period, Yoshida Shintō continued to dominate the Shintō discourse, and influenced Neo-Confucian thinkers such as Hayashi Razan and Yamazaki Ansai in formulating a Neo-Confucian Shinto doctrine (shinju shūgō (神儒習合, "Shintō・Confucian syncretism")). Yoshida Shinto's dominance rivaled that of Ise Shintō. Yoshida Shrine was the center of this sect.