was the successor to the

Great Teaching Institute The was an organization under the Ministry of Religion in the Empire of Japan. History It was founded in 1872 to train ''kyōdo shōku'' or religious teachers because the Missionary Office and Department of Divinities were unsuccessful in ...

, which was founded in 1875. In the religious administration of the Meiji era, it is an organization that brings together

Shinto Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ...

factions nationwide. It was a public central institution.

Meiji Government The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s. The Meiji government was the early government of the Empire of Japan. Politicians of the Meiji government were known as the Meiji o ...

set up a Student Dormitory at 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 Gove ...

to train priests. It was also an accreditation body of

Sect Shinto Sect Shinto () refers to several independent organized Shinto groups that were excluded by law in 1882 from government-run State Shinto. These independent groups may have more developed belief systems than mainstream Shrine Shinto which focuses m ...

. It served a purpose of training

kyodo shoku Kyodoshoku is a religious official established for the Proclamation of the Great Religion a religious official established for the movement. It lasted from 1872 (1872) to 1884 (1884). The Taikyōsendō movement proved difficult and was abolished wh ...

and over time ran into issues over pantheon disputes. This eventually led to the ascension of the Ise sect and the marginalization of the Izumo sect. In 1882 it was made into a shinto sect itself due to an ordinance demanding the separation of shrine priests and missionaries or theologians, and in 1884 such missionaries of both shinto and Buddhism were suppressed. The Office of Japanese Classics Research was created as a replacement for it. In 1886 it reorganized into the and the name was later changed to

Shinto Taikyo Shintō Taikyō (神道大教), formerly called Shinto Honkyoku (神道本局), 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 shr ...

. In 1912, the so-called '' The Thirteen Schools of Shinto'' came together to form the .

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Taikyo Institute Shinto State Shinto Religious policy in Japan Pages with unreviewed translations {{State Shinto

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