A. Honji suijaku "manifest traces of the original substance"

    B. Ryobu Shinto "Dual Shinto"

         1. Inner and Outer Shrines of Ise Shrine

          2. Womb and Diamond Mandalas correlated

     C. Tendai efforts also evident

II. Kitabatake Chikafusa's Chronicle of the Direct Descent of Gods and Sovereigns
                                                                   (Jinno shotoki, 1339)

    A. Political tract supporting claims of the Southern Line 

    B. Written in reign of Emperor Gomurakami, Godaigo's successor

    C. Opening line describes Japan as a "divine land" shinkoku

    D. Affirms Shinto mythology of Kojiki, Nihon shoki, to support claims for superiority

III. Prime Shinto (Yuiitsu Shinto)

   A. Yoshida Kanetomo (1435-1511)

        1. reversed honji suijaku logic, claiming supremacy for Shinto

         2. ideas drew upon "forged" Five Classics of Shinto, and other invnetions

         3. Kanetomo asserted: 

             a. Japan is the root of all civilization

             b. China the branches and leaves of this root

              c. India the flowers and fruits of this root

    B. Shingon sources of many notions in Prime Shinto