Bureau of Shinto Affairs
| Predecessor | Taikyo Institute |
|---|---|
| Successor | Shinto Taikyo, Association of Sectarian Shinto, Office of Japanese Classics Research |
| Formation | 1875 |
| Extinction | 1886 |
The Bureau of Shinto Affairs (神道事務局, Shinto Jimukyoku)[1] was an organization in Japan that succeeded the Taikyo Institute in 1875.[2] The Bureau of Shinto Affairs was an organization during the Meiji era that united different Shinto groups across Japan. It was a public institution and had a student dormitory to train priests. It was also responsible for accrediting Sect Shinto.
The Bureau of Shinto Affairs trained priests but faced conflicts over differences in beliefs.[2] This led to the Ise sect becoming more prominent and the Izumo sect being marginalized.[2]
In 1882, the Bureau of Shinto Affairs was turned into a Shinto sect due to a government ordinance requiring the separation of shrine priests and missionaries or theologians. As a result, in 1884, the missionaries of both Shinto and Buddhism were suppressed.[2] The government then established the Office of Japanese Classics Research as a replacement for the Bureau.
In 1886, the Bureau of Shinto Affairs reorganized itself as the Shinto Headquarters (Shinto Honkyoku) and later changed its name to Shinto Taikyo.[3]
In 1912, a group called The Thirteen Schools of Shinto including the Shinto Headquarters joined together to create the Kyoha Shinto Rengokai (Association of Sectarian Shinto)..[source?]
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- ↑ "Shinto of Japan". Encyclopedia of Japan. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "教派神道とは – 神道大教" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-26.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto) Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine