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The Protocol of the Gods is a pioneering study of the history of relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist temples). Using the Kasuga Shinto shrine and the Kofukuji Buddhist temple; one of the oldest and largest of the shrine-temple complexes; Allan Grapard characterizes what he calls the combinatory character of pre-modern Japanese religiosity. He argues that Shintoism and Buddhism should not be studied in isolation; as hitherto supposed. Rather; a study of the individual and shared characteristics of their respective origins; evolutions; structures; and practices can serve as a model for understanding the pre-modern Japanese religious experience.Spanning the years from a period before historical records to the forcible separation of the Kasuga-Kofukuji complex by the Meiji government in 1868; Grapard presents a wealth of little-known material. He includes translations of rare texts and provides new; accessible translations of familiar documents.