Buddhism and Shinto Explained_ A Complicated History..... This series was co-written by Kaitlyn Ugoretz, scholar of Japanese religion and new media. Follow her on Twitter @KaitlynUgoretz and learn more about her research on Shinto at www.digitalshinto.com." REFERENCES: Mark Teeuwen and Fabio Rambelli’s 2003 book “Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as a Combinatory Paradigm” Helen Hardacre’s 2016 book “Shinto: A History” Kuroda Toshio’s 1981 article “Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion” in Journal of Japanese Religions, vol. 7, no. 1 Ian Reader and George Tanabe Jr.’s 1998 book “Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan” Ana Andreeva’s 2017 book “Assembling Shinto: Buddhist Approaches to Kami Worship in Medieval Japan”