Taikyo Institute

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Great Teaching Institute
大教院
PredecessorDepartment of Divinities
SuccessorBureau of Shinto Affairs
Formation1872
Extinction1875
Parent organization
Ministry of Religion

The Taikyo Institute (大教院, Taikyoin)[1] was a Japanese Institution and part of the Ministry of Religion in the Empire of Japan.[2]

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The Taikyo Institute was established in 1872[3] with the aim of training kyōdo shōku or religious teachers. This was because the Missionary Office and Department of Divinities were not successful in their national indoctrination objectives.[4] The institute was originally intended as a joint organization between Shinto and Buddhism, but eventually became completely dominated by Shinto.

On January 1, 1875, there was a fire at the Taikyo Institute caused by arson. This caused confusion and led to four Jōdo Shinshū sects announcing informally that they were leaving the Taikyo Institute..[5]

On May 3, 1875, the Great Teaching Institute was disbanded by the Ministry of Religion[6][7] and was replaced by the Bureau of Shinto Affairs[8] and later Shinto Taikyo.[2]

The "Great Teaching" and "Taikyo Proclamation" use the same word, as does "Taikyo" in "Shinto Taikyo".

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Sources[change | change source]

  1. "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "教派神道とは – 神道大教" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  3. 中村元ほか編 (2002). 岩波仏教辞典 (第二版 ed.). 岩波書店. pp. 220–222. ISBN 978-4000802055.
  4. Yoshio Yasumaru, Masato Miyaji, eds. Nihon modern thought compendium 5 Religion and the State, p. 431
  5. Masamichi Ogahara (August 2004). Study of Daikyoin : Development and Failure of Religious Administration in the Early Meiji Period (in Japanese). Keio University Press. pp. Appendix: chronology. ISBN 4766410904.
  6. 村上, 重良 (August 2007). 天皇制国家と宗教. 講談社学術文庫. 講談社. ISBN 978-4061598324.
  7. Kawamura Tadanobu (March 2017). "Part 1: State Sovereignty and Recognized Shrines Chapter 1: "State Sovereignty" in Shrine Administration". Legal Studies of Modern Shinto (in Japanese). Kobundo.
  8. 藤井貞文 (1977-03-01). 明治国学発生史の研究 (in Japanese). 吉川弘文館. pp. 1–750.

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