# Missionary Office

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Former Japanese government organization

Missionary Office Predecessor Department of Divinities Successor Ministry of Religion Formation 1869 Dissolved 1872 Parent organization Ministry of Divinities

The **Missionary Office** (宣教使, *senkyōshi*)[1] was one of the government offices in Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912).[2]

The mission was found to be too socially divisive and the office was abolished in 1872 and replaced with the [Ministry of Religion](/source/Ministry_of_Religion_(Japan)), which was presented as neutral between Shinto and Buddhism.[1]

## See also

- [Kyodo Shoku](/source/Kyodo_Shoku)

- [Taikyo Institute](/source/Taikyo_Institute)

- [Taikyo Proclamation](/source/Taikyo_Proclamation)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-teeuwen-2017a_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-teeuwen-2017a_1-1) Teeuwen, Mark; Zhong, Yijiang (2017). ["Izumo, Ise, and Modern Shinto"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/90017702). *Japanese Journal of Religious Studies*. **44** (2): 325–332. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.18874/jjrs.44.2.2017.325-332](https://doi.org/10.18874%2Fjjrs.44.2.2017.325-332). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10852/65297](https://hdl.handle.net/10852%2F65297). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0304-1042](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0304-1042). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [90017702](https://www.jstor.org/stable/90017702).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 小項目事典,世界大百科事典内言及, 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),精選版 日本国語大辞典,デジタル大辞泉,ブリタニカ国際大百科事典. ["宣教使とは"](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%AE%A3%E6%95%99%E4%BD%BF-88095). *コトバンク* (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-26.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

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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