Jingu-kyo is a sect of Shinto that originated from

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, the Ise faith. It officially became a denominational

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in 1882, and was reorganized into the in 1899.

The missionary body of the Ise faith

On July 20,

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(Meiji 5), he was appointed Chotami Urada, a minor chief priest of

and also a member of

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requested the establishment of the , and in October, he submitted a notification for the for teaching and learning, established a kosha for the followers, and established the existing Ise-kō (Taijōkō) as the foundation of the Jingu Church. The Jingu-kyoin was reorganized under the umbrella of the Jingu Church based on the existing Ise-ko (Taiji-ko). The Jingu-kyoin was established as the center of the Jingu Church. In

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(the 6th year of Meiji), based on a donation of 2,000 ryo by Munehide Honjo, Guji of Ise Jingu, a preaching hall was established to serve as a model for shrines throughout Japan, and in August it was named Jiyoukan, which meant "Shrine within Meiji Jingu The church was meant to be a church, the notification was made in March, and the building opened on October 1. The local

koshas A ''kosha'' (also ''kosa''; Sanskrit कोश, IAST: ), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the ''Atman'', or Self according to Vedantic philosophy. There are five ''koshas'' (Panchakoshas; ; the five sheaths), and they are often vis ...

called themselves patriotic

, etc., but in October of

(1873) they were unified and became Kamikaze

Koshas A ''kosha'' (also ''kosa''; Sanskrit कोश, IAST: ), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the ''Atman'', or Self according to Vedantic philosophy. There are five ''koshas'' (Panchakoshas; ; the five sheaths), and they are often vis ...

. From July to December of 1873, the Jingu Church's pilgrimage was planned by Urata and preached by Honjo and other ministers, and attracted an audience of 9,000 or more people on most days, and several hundred to 2,000 on others. After the dissolution of the Daikyōin, in accordance with Urada's teaching policy, a branch office was established in Tokyo, and each diocese in Japan had one headquarters church and branch churches.

Independence as a denominational Shinto sect

In 1882, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued the "Ministry of Home Affairs Announcement No. B No. 7 of January 24, 1882," abolishing the dual role of the priest who presided over rituals and the

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who conducted proselytizing. Shortly after this, the

and the Jingu-kyoin were separated, and the Jingu-kyoin became a branch of the

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 ...

called the Shinto Jingu-ha. After Urata retired in

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(10th year of Meiji), , who had worked on the teaching, became the first head minister. On October 5, the various schools of the Sect Shinto were independent under the name of the school, but were not branches each with the name of the denomination as not being In

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(Meiji 15), it was agreed that the production and distribution of the Jingu Taima would be entrusted to the Jingu Kyōin, but the following year it was changed so that the Jingu Office was responsible for production and the Jingu Kyōin was responsible for distribution.

Tokyo Daijingu

(Meiji 15), the real estate owned by the Jingu Shrine Tokyo branch office of

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became the property of Jingu Gakuin, and accompanied by Jingu Harukaden. Was owned by the Jingu Gakuin and renamed the Daijingu Shrine (commonly known as Hibiya Daijingu), and became

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after being burnt down by the earthquake.

Development and reorganization to the Association of Shinto Shrines through the Jingu-hosai-kai

On September 24,

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, the organization was reorganized as the Jingu-hosai-kai Foundation, an organization of reverends, due to the narrowing of the scope of its activities with the establishment of national Shinto and criticism of leaving the distribution of Jingu Taima, a national project, to one religious sect In accordance with the

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( Showa21)

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, National Shinto priesthood association, the

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, and the Jingu-hosai-kai, took the lead to establish the

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Present

There is currently a religious organization of the same name in

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Tamba Sasayama City. It is not a direct successor to the prewar Jingu-kyo, but has the

branch as its deities and the

and is headed by Harufumi Hioki, the chief priest of

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, a Beppo Shrine, and is not unrelated to

or the Shinto Shrines Agency.

Officials

* is the grand priest of Ise Jingu Shrine.

References

Bibliography

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