{{Infobox organization | formation = April 1900 | predecessor = [[Bureau of Shrines and Temples]] | successor = | dissolved = November 1, 1942 | parent_organization = [[Home Ministry]] (1900-1913), [[Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture]] (1913-1942) }}
The {{Nihongo|'''Bureau of Religions'''|宗教局|Shūkyō kyoku}} is one of the {{ill|Internal departments of Imperial Japan|lt=Internal departments|ja|内部部局}} of the [[Home Ministry|Ministry of the Interior]] during the pre-[[World War I]] period and later the [[Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture]] in Japan.
It was split off from the [[Bureau of Shrines and Temples]] in 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: S |url=https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/def_S.html#shaji_kyoku |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mullins |first1=Mark R. |last2=Thomas |first2=Jolyon Baraka |last3=McMullen |first3=Matthew D. |date=2022 |title=Religion, Politics, and the Law in Postwar Japan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48696755 |journal=Japanese Journal of Religious Studies |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=118 |doi=10.18874/jjrs.49.1.2022.115-146 |jstor=48696755 |s2cid=253606405 |issn=0304-1042|doi-access=free |hdl=2292/62450 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
== Outline == Initially, religious administration was under the jurisdiction of the [[Shrines and Temples Bureau|Bureau of Shrines and Temples]] of the [[Home Ministry|Ministry of the Interior]], but in April 1900, it was separated into the [[Bureau of Shrines]] and the Bureau of Religion.<ref name="asia1">{{Jacar|A03020457500|御署名原本・明治三十三年・勅令第百六十三号・内務省官制中改正追加}}、明治33年4月26日。</ref> The first and second divisions were set up with jurisdictions over [[Shinto]], [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]], and other religious affairs, as well as [[Bhikkhu|monks']] and [[Clergy|teachers']] affairs.{{Sfn|秦郁彦 |1981|page=738}}
On June 13, 1913, the Bureau of Religion was transferred from the jurisdiction of the [[Home Ministry]] to the [[Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture]].{{Sfn|秦郁彦 |1981|page=738}}<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:文化庁月報 平成25年9月号(No.540) |url=https://www.bunka.go.jp/pr/publish/bunkachou_geppou/2013_09/special_03/special_03.html |access-date=2021-04-21 |publisher=文化庁}}</ref> It was in charge of denominations, sects, associations, priests, teachers, and other matters related to religion, such as Buddhist temples and the preservation of old shrines and temples.<ref name="asia2">{{Jacar|A03020971300|御署名原本・大正二年・勅令第百七十三号・文部省官制中改正}}、大正2年6月13日。</ref><ref name="kanpo1">[{{NDLDC|2952363|/1/8|format=url}} 『官報』第265号「彙報」大正2年6月18日。] {{in lang|ja}} {{NDLPID|2952363}}</ref>
On December 22, 1924, the First Section was renamed the Religious Affairs Section and the Second Section was renamed the Ancient Shrine and Temple Preservation Section.<ref name="kanpo2">[{{NDLDC|2955852|/1/5|format=url}} 『官報』第3704号「彙報」大正13年12月25日。] {{in lang|ja}} {{NDLPID|2955852}}</ref> On December 1, 1928, the Division for the Preservation of Ancient Temples and Shrines was renamed the Preservation Division.<ref name="kanpo3">[{{NDLDC|2957046|/1/3|format=url}} 『官報』第581号「彙報」昭和3年12月4日。] {{in lang|ja}} {{NDLPID|2957046}}</ref> In 1942 it was abolished and went through a few successor institutions until complete abolition after the end of [[World War II]].{{Sfn|秦郁彦 |1981|page=747}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == * {{Citation |last=[[秦郁彦]] |title=戦前期日本官僚制の制度・組織・人事 |date=1981 |url= |volume= |pages= |series= |edition= |publisher=東京大学出版会 |doi= |isbn= |id= |author-link= |translator-last=}} * {{Citation |last=[[秦郁彦]] |title=日本官僚制総合事典 : 1868-2000 |date=2001 |url= |volume= |pages= |series= |edition= |publisher=東京大学出版会 |doi= |isbn=4130301217 |id= |author-link= |translator-last=}}
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