Ministry of Divinities
Japanese government agency
Predecessor | Department of Divinities |
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Successor | Ministry of Religion |
Formation | 1871 |
Dissolved | 1872 |
The Ministry of Divinities (神祇省, Jingisho)[1][2][3] was an government organization of the Empire of Japan established on September 22, 1871 which lasted until April 21, 1872, replacing the Department of Divinities, which had been in charge of rituals and administration of the Shinto gods since the Ritsuryo system.
The move from a Department to a Ministry was intended as a downgrade in its importance.
The ministry sought to help the Proclamation of the Great Doctrine.[3]
It was quickly changed into the Ministry of Religion.[3]
References
- ^ "About Japan: A Teacher's Resource | Timeline of Religion and Nationalism in Meiji and Imperial Japan | Japan Society". aboutjapan.japansociety.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ Shinto: A History. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2016-12-01. ISBN 978-0-19-062171-1.
- ^ a b c "Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: K". www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
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State Shinto
- Department of Divinities
- Ministry of Divinities
- Missionary Office
- Ministry of Religion
- Kyodo Shoku
- Taikyo Institute
- Bureau of Shinto Affairs
- Bureau of Shrines and Temples
- Home Ministry
- Institute of Japanese Classics Research
- National Association of Shinto Priests
- Bureau of Shrines
- Bureau of Religions
- Institute of Divinities
- Jingu-kyo
- Kokugakuin University
- Unity of religion and rule
- Haibutsu kishaku
- Secular Shrine Theory
- Yasukuni Shrine
- Shōkonsha
- Imperial cult
- Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines
- Taikyo Proclamation
- Shinbutsu bunri
- Shrine Consolidation Policy
- Religious Organizations Law
- Shrine Parishioner Registration
- Humanity Declaration
- Shinto Directive
- Association of Shinto Shrines
- Kokugakuin University
- Shinto Taikyo
- Yasukuni Shrine
- Gokoku Shrines
- Shrine Shinto