Jisho

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Noun
1. abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Wikipedia definition
2. Haibutsu kishakuHaibutsu kishaku is a term that indicates a current of thought continuous in Japan's history which advocates the expulsion of Buddhism from Japan. More narrowly, it also indicates a particular historic movement and specific historic events based on that ideology which, during the Meiji Restoration, produced the destruction of Buddhist temples, images and texts, and the forced return to secular life of Buddhist monks.
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Read “廃仏毀釈” on Japanese Wikipedia
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Other forms
排仏棄釈 【はいぶつきしゃく】

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