Bureau of Shinto Affairs (神道事務局, Shinto Jimukyoku)[1][2] was the successor to the Great Teaching Institute, which was founded in 1875.[3] In the religious administration of the Meiji era, it is an organization that brings together Shinto factions nationwide. It was a public central institution. Meiji Government set up a Student Dormitory at the Bureau of Shinto Affairs to train priests. It was also an accreditation body of Sect Shinto.
| Predecessor | Great Teaching Institute |
|---|---|
| Successor | Shinto Taikyo, Association of Sectarian Shinto, Office of Japanese Classics Research |
| Formation | 1875 |
| Dissolved | 1886 |
It served a purpose of training kyodo shoku and over time ran into issues over pantheon disputes.[3] This eventually led to the ascension of the Ise sect and the marginalization of the Izumo sect.[3]
In 1882 it was made into a shinto sect itself due to an ordinance demanding the separation of shrine priests and missionaries or theologians, and in 1884 such missionaries of both shinto and Buddhism were suppressed.[3] The Office of Japanese Classics Research was created as a replacement for it[citation needed].
In 1886, it reorganized into the Shinto Headquarters (神道本局, Shinto Honkyoku) and the name was later changed to Shinto Taikyo.[4]
In 1912, the so-called The Thirteen Schools of Shinto came together to form the Kyoha Shintō Rengōkai (教派神道連合会, Association of Sectarian Shinto).[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Shinto of Japan". Encyclopedia of Japan. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ https://archive.today/20230315072827/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8853
- ^ a b c d Susumu, Shimazono; 島茴進; Murphy, Regan E. (2009). "State Shinto in the Lives of the People: The Establishment of Emperor Worship, Modern Nationalism, and Shrine Shinto in Late Meiji". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 36 (1): 93–124. ISSN 0304-1042. JSTOR 30233855.
- ^ "教派神道とは – 神道大教" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-26.
External links
edit- Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto) Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine