After Juka Shinto (teachings on Shinto as expounded by Japanese Confucianists) made significant progress in the medieval period, it gradually gained support bases among the public and made the antiforeign imperialism widely known, which became a foundation or principle for the nation to attack the shogunate.
近世に大きく発展した儒家神道はしだいに大衆に支持基盤を得て尊王攘夷思想を広め、討幕の国民的原理ともなっていった。