Bureau of Shinto Affairs

Shinto Organization

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.

Bureau of Shinto Affairs
PredecessorTaikyo Institute
SuccessorShinto Taikyo, Association of Sectarian Shinto, Office of Japanese Classics Research
Formation1875
Extinction1886

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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  1. "Shinto of Japan". Encyclopedia of Japan. Retrieved 2023-03-10.[permanent dead link]
  2. 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.
  3. "教派神道とは – 神道大教" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-26.

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