Arahitogami
Arahitogami (現人神) is a Japanese word, meaning
a god who is a human being.This word appears first in
Kojiki, but is assumed to have been used before this book.The most well-known usage of this word would be in Japan before
1945, until the end of the Second World War. In those days State
Shinto (Kokka Shintō) applied this word to the
Emperor Hirohito and required the
Japanese people to obey absolutely and have loyalty to the Emperor as a god. Later, Hirohito himself renounced this conception and claimed his relation to the people did not rely on such a mythological idea but on a historically developed family-like reliance.
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Ningen-sengen*
Divine Right of Kings*
Imperial cult
