{{Distinguish|Shintō Taiseikyō}}{{short description|Japanese Shintoist organization established by Meiji officials in 1873}}
{{Infobox organization | formation = [[1886]] | image = Shinto Taikyo.jpg | predecessor = [[Bureau of Shinto Affairs]] | founder = [[Inaba Masakuni]] }}
{{Transliteration|ja|'''Shintō Taikyō'''|italics=no}} ({{Lang|ja|神道大教}}), formerly called {{Transliteration|ja|'''Shintō Honkyoku'''|italics=no}} ({{Lang|ja|神道本局}}), is a Japanese [[Shinto]]ist organization, and was established by Meiji officials in 1873.<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030921080618/http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_602.html|title=Sunni, continued|website=Adherents.com|archive-date=September 21, 2003|url-status=usurped|url=http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_602.html}}</ref> It is recognized officially,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joyofsects.com/world/shinto.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708213745/http://www.joyofsects.com/world/shinto.shtml|archive-date=2015-07-08|title=Shinto}}</ref> and its headquarters are in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=652|title = Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Modern Sectarian Groups : Shintō Taikyō}}</ref> It has many shrines,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ear_01/ear_01_00184.html |title=Shinto |website=www.novelguide.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031133529/http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ear_01/ear_01_00184.html |archive-date=2009-10-31}}</ref> and [[Tenrikyo]] used to be under its jurisdiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tenrikyo.or.jp/en/newsletter/html/tt5/genten_kyoten.html|title = Genten to kyoten}}</ref>
Its teachings focus on the early kami of the [[Kojiki]] narrative such as [[Ame-no-Minakanushi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bocking |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6d-RAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Yaoyorozu+no+Kami%22&pg=PA132 |title=A Popular Dictionary of Shinto |date=2005-09-30 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-79739-3 |language=en}}</ref>
It is one of the [[Sect Shinto|thirteen shinto sects]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=井上 |first=順孝 |title= |date=April 1991 |publisher=弘文堂 |isbn=978-4335160219 |page=11 |script-title=ja:教派神道の形成 |author-link=井上順孝}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyōha Shintō {{!}} Japanese religion |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kyoha-Shinto |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> It used to be very influential but its influence diminished and continues to diminish due to the prevalence of powerful sects such as [[Tenrikyo]] and [[Izumo-taishakyo]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: S | website=www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp | date=2023-03-21 | url=https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/def_S.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20230321180610/https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/def_S.html#selection-1999.0-2037.95 | archive-date=2023-03-21 | url-status=live | language=ja | access-date=2024-05-14}}</ref>
Its name 'Taikyo' refers to the [[Three Great Teachings]] first stated in the [[Proclamation of the Great Doctrine|Taikyo Proclamation]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shinto Taikyo |url=http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/shinto/shitai.html |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=www.philtar.ac.uk}}</ref> and it is linked to the historical [[Great Teaching Institute|Taikyo Institute]].
== Three Great Teachings == The organization follows these Three Great Teachings, which date back to the [[Proclamation of the Great Doctrine|Taikyo Proclamation]]:<ref name="Inoue-2002a">{{Cite journal |last1=Inoue |first1=Nobutaka |last2=Teeuwen |first2=Mark |date=2002 |title=The Formation of Sect Shinto in Modernizing Japan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30233729 |journal=Japanese Journal of Religious Studies |volume=29 |issue=3/4 |pages=405–427 |jstor=30233729 |issn=0304-1042}}</ref>
# Respect for the gods, love of country;<ref name="wwwphiltaracuk-2023a">{{Cite web |title=Taikyo |url=http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/shinto/taikyo.html |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=www.philtar.ac.uk}}</ref><ref name="Inoue-2002a" /> # Making clear the principles of Heaven and the Way of Man;<ref name="wwwphiltaracuk-2023a" /><ref name="Inoue-2002a" /> # Reverence for the emperor and obedience to the will of the court.<ref name="wwwphiltaracuk-2023a" /><ref name="Inoue-2002a" />
==See also== *[[Izumo-taishakyo]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{coord|35|39|25|N|139|43|21|E|region:JP_source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title}} {{Sect Shinto}} {{State Shinto}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Shinto new religious movements]] [[Category:Shinto in Tokyo]] [[Category:Taikyo Institute]] [[Category:13 Shinto Sects]] [[Category:Shinto denominations]]