Bureau of Shrines and Temples

Japanese government organization

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Bureau of Shrines and TemplesPredecessor| Ministry of Religion

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Successor| Bureau of Shrines, Bureau of Religion
Formation| 1877
Dissolved| April 1900

The Bureau of Shrines and Temples. (社寺局, Shaji kyoku)[1] was a bureau of the Meiji government.[1]

It was established in 1877 to administer matters related to religion, including shrines and temples, and Sect Shinto such as Tenrikyo and Kurozumikyō.[1] It was a bureau of the Home Ministry.[2][3][1]

In April 1900 (33rd year of Meiji), the bureau was divided into two bureaus, the Bureau of Shrines and the Bureau of Religion. Temples, Christianity and new religions were transferred to the Bureau of Religion.[2][3][4] This was an official acknowledgement of Secular Shrine Theory or the idea that Shrine Shinto was not a religion and as a result under state control, hence the separate Bureau of Shrines under the Home Ministry.[4]

## See also

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* Department of Divinities
* Ministry of Religion
* State Shinto
* Association of Shinto Shrines

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: S". www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
2. ^ a b 秦郁彦編『日本官僚制総合事典：1868 - 2000』東京大学出版会、2001年。
3. ^ a b "社寺局｜アジ歴グロッサリー". www.jacar.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
4. ^ a b Mullins, Mark R.; Thomas, Jolyon Baraka; McMullen, Matthew D. (2022). "Religion, Politics, and the Law in Postwar Japan". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 49 (1): 118. ISSN 0304-1042.

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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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