Taikyo Institute Explained

Great Teaching Institute
Formation:1872
Native Name:大教院
Native Name Lang:ja
Predecessor:Department of Divinities
Successor:Bureau of Shinto Affairs
Dissolved:1875
Parent Organization:Ministry of Religion

The [1] was an organization under the Ministry of Religion in the Empire of Japan.[2]

History

It was founded in 1872[3] to train kyōdo shōku or religious teachers because the Missionary Office and Department of Divinities were unsuccessful in their national indoctrination objectives.[4] It was intended as a joint Shinto and Buddhist organization, but ended up becoming entirely dominated by Shinto.

were established in each prefectural capital and were established in various cities.[5]

On January 1, 1875, an arson attack on the Great Teaching Institute caused confusion, with four Jōdo Shinshū sects informally announcing their departure from the Great Teaching Institute.[6]

On May 3, 1875, the Great Teaching Institute was dissolved by the Ministry of Religion[7] and was succeeded by the Bureau of Shinto Affairs[8] and later Shinto Taikyo.

Ame-no-Minakanushi was one of its patron deities, also known under the Buddhist name Myōken.[9]

The "Great Teaching" is the same word that is used in the "Great Doctrine" or Proclamation of the Great Doctrine, and Taikyo in Shinto Taikyo.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細 . 2023-03-11 . 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム . ja.
  2. Web site: 教派神道とは – 神道大教 . 2022-06-26 . ja.
  3. Book: 中村元ほか編 . 岩波仏教辞典 . 岩波書店 . 2002 . 978-4000802055 . 第二版 . 220–222.
  4. Yoshio Yasumaru, Masato Miyaji, eds. Nihon modern thought compendium 5 Religion and the State, p. 431
  5. Berthon . Jean-Pierre . April 1995 . Helen Hardacre, Shinto and the State, 1868-1988, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, « Studies in Church and State », 1989, XVI-203 p. . Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales . 50 . 2 . 448–450 . 10.1017/s0395264900054135 . 165716719 . 0395-2649.
  6. Book: Masamichi Ogahara . Study of Daikyoin : Development and Failure of Religious Administration in the Early Meiji Period . August 2004 . Keio University Press . 4766410904 . Appendix: chronology . ja.
  7. Book: Kawamura Tadanobu . Legal Studies of Modern Shinto . March 2017 . Kobundo . ja . Part 1: State Sovereignty and Recognized Shrines Chapter 1: "State Sovereignty" in Shrine Administration.
  8. Book: 藤井貞文 . 1977-03-01 . 吉川弘文館 . 1–750 . ja . ja:明治国学発生史の研究.
  9. Web site: Mori . Mizue . Amenominakanushi . 2020-11-07 . Encyclopedia of Shinto . Kokugakuin University.

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