@article{oai:nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000180,
 author = {TAKAGI, Hiroshi},
 journal = {Japan review : journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {I argue here that Buddhist faith endured in the imperial court, notably with the empress and members of the imperial family, even after the court relocated to Tokyo and after the new government had issued its shinbutsu bunri edicts, which aimed to separate kami practice from Buddhist practice.  After 1877, all members of the imperial family were required to perform Shinto-style rites for their ancestors, at least in appearance.  However, Buddhist faith was allowed within the private sphere.  After its restoration in 1883, the Sen'nyuji temple was positioned anew as the ancestral temple for all the emperors who had lived in the erstwhile capital of Heian.  Moreover, the funerals for Dowager empress Eisho in 1897, and for Prince Akira in 1898, were both performed accrding to esoteric Buddhist practice.  It is clear, too, that in the new imperial palace in Tokyo, the emperess's personal belief in the nenbutsu continued unabated.},
 pages = {21--32},
 title = {The Buddhist Faith of the Japanese Imperial Family after the Meiji Restoration},
 volume = {25},
 year = {2013}
}