# Ministry of Divinities

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Japanese government agency

Ministry of Divinities Predecessor Department of Divinities Successor Ministry of Religion Formation 1871 Dissolved 1872

The **Ministry of Divinities** (神祇省, *Jingishō*)[1] was a government organization of the [Empire of Japan](/source/Empire_of_Japan) established on September 22, 1871, replacing the [Department of Divinities](/source/Department_of_Divinities). On April 21, 1872, it was replaced by the [Ministry of Religion](/source/Ministry_of_Religion_(Japan)).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Shinto: A History*](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/shinto-9780190621711?cc=us&lang=en&). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2016-12-01. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-062171-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-062171-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-www2kokugakuinacjp-2023a_2-0)** ["Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: K"](https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/def_K.html#kyobusho). *www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp*. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

v t e State Shinto Organizations Department of Divinities Ministry of Divinities Missionary Office Ministry of Religion Kyodo Shoku Taikyo Institute Bureau of Shinto Affairs Bureau of Shrines and Temples Home Ministry Institute of Japanese Classics Research National Association of Shinto Priests Bureau of Shrines Bureau of Religions Institute of Divinities Jingu-kyo Kokugakuin University Concepts Unity of religion and rule Haibutsu kishaku Secular Shrine Theory Yasukuni Shrine Shōkonsha Imperial cult Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Events Taikyo Proclamation Shinbutsu bunri Shrine Consolidation Policy Religious Organizations Law Shrine Parishioner Registration Humanity Declaration Shinto Directive Successor organizations Association of Shinto Shrines Kokugakuin University Shinto Taikyo Yasukuni Shrine Gokoku Shrines Shrine Shinto Predecessors Kokugaku Fukko Shinto

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