Bureau of Shinto Affairs

Shinto Organization

Bureau of Shinto AffairsPredecessor| Great Teaching Institute

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Successor| Shinto Taikyo, Association of Sectarian Shinto, Office of Japanese Classics Research
Formation| 1875
Dissolved| 1886

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.

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

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* Great Teaching Institute
* Shinto Taikyo
* Kyodo Shoku
* Sect Shinto

## References

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1. ^ "Shinto of Japan". Encyclopedia of Japan. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
2. ^ https://archive.today/20230315072827/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8853
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "教派神道とは – 神道大教" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-26.

## External links

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* Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto) Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

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Sect Shinto

Organizations|

* Kurozumikyō
* Shinto Shusei
* Jingu-kyo
* Izumo-taishakyo
* Fuso-kyo
* Jikkō kyō
* Shinto Taiseikyo
* Shinshu-kyo
* Ontake-kyo
* Shinto Taikyo
* Shinrikyo
* Misogikyo
* Konkokyo
* Tenrikyo

Historical organizations|

* Taikyo Institute
* Bureau of Shinto Affairs

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State Shinto

Organizations|

* Department of Divinities
* Ministry of Divinities
* Missionary Office
* Ministry of Religion
* Kyodo Shoku
* Taikyo Institute
* Bureau of Shinto Affairs
* Bureau of Shrines and Temples
* Home Ministry
* Institute of Japanese Classics Research
* National Association of Shinto Priests
* Bureau of Shrines
* Bureau of Religions
* Institute of Divinities
* Jingu-kyo
* Kokugakuin University

Concepts|

* Unity of religion and rule
* Haibutsu kishaku
* Secular Shrine Theory
* Yasukuni Shrine
* Shōkonsha
* Imperial cult
* Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines

Events|

* Taikyo Proclamation
* Shinbutsu bunri
* Shrine Consolidation Policy
* Religious Organizations Law
* Shrine Parishioner Registration
* Humanity Declaration
* Shinto Directive

Successor organizations|

* Association of Shinto Shrines
* Kokugakuin University
* Shinto Taikyo
* Yasukuni Shrine
* Gokoku Shrines
* Shrine Shinto

Predecessors|

* Kokugaku
* Fukko Shinto

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