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 Shinto was reorganized. Ministry of Popular Affairs, and established by merging the Minbusho Shakaiji Kake. Following the failure of the national teaching based on Shinto and Confucianism by the Evangelism Bureau established within the Shinto priesthood, the largest religious force of the time, Buddhism, especially Jodo Shinshu, which was the largest religious force at the time. While implementing modern religious policies such as the lifting of the prohibition of Christianity and the lifting of Woman's Boundary in shrines and temples, the Divine Councilor was unable to achieve the national indoctrination that was required by the Interlocutors. In order to realize national indoctrination, which the Divinities was unable to achieve, a system of Kyodo Shoku was established, and the Sanjo Kyōritsu was used for national indoctrination and Proclamation of the Great ReligionYoshio Yasumaru, Masato Miyaji, eds. Nihon modern thought compendium 5 Religion and the State, p. 431 campaign.

The teaching ministry was a Voluntary sector appointment system, and included religious figures such as shinkans, Kannushis, Bhikkhus, , Waka poets, haiku poets, etc. were also appointed as instructors. The highest rank in the Ministry of Education was kyosei, and in order to further promote the teaching of the people, the Daikyoin was established to oversee the entire nation, the Chu-kyoin to oversee each prefectural unit, and the Sub-kyoin were established throughout the country. However, the Daikyoin did not achieve much due to serious conflicts of opinion between the Shintoists, who were then up-and-coming Shintoists, and the Jodo Shinshu, who had maintained their old power. Home Ministry Shrines and Temples Bureau.

Issues surrounding the Ministry of Teaching

The Ministry of Religious Affairs was created in response to the failure of the missionary policies of the Divine Council and the missionary messengers, but ultimately resulted in its abolition. One of the reasons for this was the confusion in the religious administration at the time. The government initially intended to use the authority and grounding of traditional religions to defend Christianity and to teach the people about the new system after the Restoration, but in order to establish the modernity state, the Separation of church and state and freedom of religion as basic policies of the state were inevitable, and the lifting of the ban on Christianity became essential for diplomatic relations with Western countries. In addition, the government was skeptical of the existence of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, believing that the objectives of missionary policy could be achieved through the establishment of , and the above confusion caused the existing religious forces to move left and right. The above confusion caused the existing religious forces to move to the right and left. In the midst of such confusion, Buddhist forces, which had been outnumbered by the Sembutsu bunri, supported the Meiji Restoration, especially the However, the Mission Name Issue (an attempt to force the name of the Ikkyō-shū sect, officially rejected by the Jōdo Shinshu, onto the name of the sect) led to a growing opposition to the government from within the Jōdo Shinshu sect, and the Ministry's measures ran into a deadlock. When the Ministry's measures ran into a deadlock, the Jodo Shinshu movement withdrew from the organization from the standpoint of separation of church and state.

The Daikyoin Temple Issue

The Daikyoin, which was the national governing body for the teaching ministry, was established within Zojoji Temple in Shiba, Tokyo. The establishment of the Daikyoin was a Buddhist initiative, and Zojoji's donation of facilities was voluntary, but when Shinto forces began to take control, the temple refused to accept the donation. However, the dedication of Zojoji Temple went ahead as planned, and the main hall of Zojoji Temple was taken over as the Daikyoin and used as the worship hall of the Daikyoin Temple. Furthermore, the temple's rituals required the participation and worship of priests, which angered some of the Buddhist authorities (some priests, on the other hand, enthusiastically expressed their blessing by displaying banners and other symbols). Later, on January 1, 1874, the old main building of Zojoji Temple was burned down by arsonists from the former Satsuma Clan, who were opposed to the establishment of a shrine in the Buddhist temple. The shintai was temporarily moved to Shiba Tōshō-gū, and then to a temple newly established by Shinto forces at the Shinto Secretariat.

Officials

Secretary of Education

* Saga Sanae (1872)
* Oki Takatō (1872–1873)

Daisuke Kobe

* Fukuha Mitsushige (former Shinto Daisuke - 1872)
* Shinji (1872–1877)

Teaching position

* Reference to the teaching position.

References

See also

* {{ill, Modern Japanese government system, ja, 近代日本の官制
* Shinto nationalization
* State Shinto
* Department of Divinities
* State religion

1877 disestablishments
Government agencies established in 1872
Daikyoin
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