The was an organization under the
Ministry of Religion in the
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From Japan–Kor ...
.
History
It was founded in 1872
to train
''kyōdo shōku'' or religious teachers because the
Missionary Office and
Department of Divinities
The , also known as the Department of Shinto Affairs, Department of Rites, Department of Worship, as well as Council of Divinities, was a Japanese Imperial bureaucracy established in the 8th century, as part of the reforms. It was first establish ...
were unsuccessful in their national indoctrination objectives. It was intended as a joint
Shinto
, also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religions, East Asian religion by Religious studies, scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as ...
and
Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
organization, but ended up becoming entirely dominated by
Shinto
, also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religions, East Asian religion by Religious studies, scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as ...
.
were established in each prefectural capital and were established in various cities.
On January 1, 1875, an arson attack on the Great Teaching Institute caused confusion, with four
Jōdo Shinshū
, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.
Shin Buddhism is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.
History
Shinran (founder)
S ...
sects informally announcing their departure from the Great Teaching Institute.
On May 3, 1875, the Great Teaching Institute was dissolved by the
Ministry of Religion and was succeeded by the
Bureau of Shinto Affairs
was the successor to the Great Teaching Institute, which was founded in 1875. 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 Go ...
and later
Shinto Taikyo
, also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religions, East Asian religion by Religious studies, scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as ...
.
Ame-no-Minakanushi
Ame-no-Minakanushi (天之御中主, lit. "Heavenly Ancestral God of the Originating Heart of the Universe") is a deity (''kami'') in Japanese mythology, portrayed in the ''Kojiki'' and the ''Nihon Shoki'' as the first or one of the first deitie ...
was one of its patron deities, also known under the Buddhist name
Myōken
Myōken (, ; Chinese: 妙見菩薩 (Traditional) / 妙见菩萨 ( Simplified), ; Japanese: 妙見菩薩, ''Myōken Bosatsu''), also known as Sonjō-Ō (尊星王, "Venerable Star King", also ''Sonsei-Ō'' or ''Sonshō-Ō''), is a Buddhist deifi ...
.
The "Great Teaching" is the same word that is used in the "Great Doctrine" or
Proclamation of the Great Doctrine
The was issued in the name of Emperor Meiji on January 3, 1870 (February 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） It declared Shinto (the "way of the gods") as the guiding principle of the stat ...
, and Taikyo in
Shinto Taikyo
, also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religions, East Asian religion by Religious studies, scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as ...
.
See also
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Bureau of Shinto Affairs
was the successor to the Great Teaching Institute, which was founded in 1875. 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 Go ...
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Shintō Taikyō
(), formerly called (), is a Japanese Shintoist organization, and was established by Meiji officials in 1873. It is recognized officially, and its headquarters are in Tokyo. It has many shrines, and Tenrikyo used to be under its jurisdiction.
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Kyodo Shoku
is a religious position established in the Empire of Japan for the Proclamation of the Great Doctrine. The institution showed little success and was abolished in 1884.
They were divided into 14 ranks
History
In the 3rd year of Meiji (1870), t ...
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Sect Shinto
refers to several independently organized Shinto groups that were excluded by Japanese law in 1882 from government-run State Shinto. Compared to mainstream Shrine Shinto, which focuses primarily on rituals, these independent groups have a more d ...
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References
Bibliography
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* （文庫：1994年.ISBN 4886924603.）「教派神道に流れる古神道の本質」の章あり.
External links
Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto)
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Government agencies established in 1872
1875 disestablishments
Buddhism in the Meiji era
State Shinto
Defunct government agencies of Japan
Taikyo Institute