Kokumin girei

Kokumin girei
   The 'People's Rite'. A simple ritual initially comprising a moment's silence with head bowed in honour of the war dead. It was classified along with shrine visits as non-religious and therefore a civic duty. It had developed by 1945 into a practice of turning towards the imperial palace, singing the national anthem and reading an imperial rescript which was a compulsory element of every Buddhist, Christian, etc. service of worship.

A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. .

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