The policy of separating Shinto from Buddhism since the beginning of Meiji Era has generally been evaluated as "a kind of episode", not having had a great impact on the religious mind of the Japanese from the ancient to modern times. This policy, however, has had an essential significance both to the foundation of modern "sacred state" and the "sacredness" of modern emperor system of Japan. It has influenced not only the organization of Shinto and Buddhism, but also this system controlled the official religious services in the Imperial Household, the reconstruction and foundation of shrines, the policy of increasing the parishioners of Shinto Shrines and the Imperial Edict for Establishment of Shinto which were the foundation of the emperor system, the spiritual cornerstone of modern Japan in Meiji era. And these were the prerequisite for giving birth to a national fabrication "unreligious shrine" system.
