Taikyo Proclamation

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The Proclamation of the Great Doctrine (大教宣布, Taikyō senpu)[1] was a proclamation by Emperor Meiji on January 3, 1870.[2][3][4][1]

Three Great Teachings[change | change source]

The proclamation had three great teachings, also known as the Great Doctrine, or the Taikyo.[5]

  1. respect for the gods, love of country;[6][5]
  2. making clear the principles of Heaven and the Way of Man;[6][5]
  3. reverence for the emperor and obedience to the will of the court.[6][5]

The Taikyo Institute was founded to promote these teachings

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References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: T". www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  2. 安丸良夫・宮地正人編『日本近代思想大系5 宗教と国家』431ページ
  3. 歴代の詔勅』 p.66 河野省三 内閣印刷局、1940年(国立国会図書館)
  4. "Details of 1971 (Gyo-Tsu) 69 | Judgments of the Supreme Court". www.courts.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Inoue, Nobutaka; Teeuwen, Mark (2002). "The Formation of Sect Shinto in Modernizing Japan". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 29 (3/4): 405–427. ISSN 0304-1042. JSTOR 30233729. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":2" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Taikyo". www.philtar.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-11.