The was an organization of the

Empire of Japan The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent fo ...

. It was founded in 1872 to train

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 ...

or religious teachers because the

Evangelism Bureau The was one of the government offices in Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912). On July 8, 1869 (August 15, 1869), Proclamation of the Great Religion, was established for the purpose of proselytizing, and a director, vice director, lecturer ...

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 ''ritsuryō'' reforms. It was fi ...

were unsuccessful in their national indoctrination objectives.Yoshio Yasumaru, Masato Miyaji, eds. Nihon modern thought compendium 5 Religion and the State, p. 431 It was intended as a joint

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 ...

and

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

organization, but ended up becoming entirely dominated by

. On January 1, 1875, an arson attack on the Daikyoin caused confusion, with four Jodo Shinshu sects informally announcing their departure from the Daikyoin. On May 3, 1875, the Daikyoin was dissolved by the

Ministry of Religious Education The was a central government organization of the Empire of Japan established under the Daijō-kan system in the early Meiji period for the purpose of national indoctrination through religion control. Outline In 1872 April 21, the Ministry of S ...

and was succeeded by the

Shinto Secretariat Shinto Secretariat was the successor to the Daikyoin, which was founded in 1875 (Meiji 8). In the religious administration of the Meiji era, it is an organization that brings together Shinto factions nationwide. It is a public central institution ...

and later

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 ...

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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.

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