{{Short description|Proclamation by the Japanese Emperor}} {{Multiple issues| {{Primary sources|date=February 2023}} {{Citation style|date=February 2023}} }} The {{Nihongo|'''Proclamation of the Great Doctrine'''|大教宣布|Taikyō senpu}}<ref name="www2kokugakuinacjp-2023a">{{Cite web |title=Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: T |url=https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/def_T.html#taikyo_sempu |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp}}</ref> was issued in the name of [[Emperor Meiji]] on January 3, 1870 (February 3).<ref>安丸良夫・宮地正人編『日本近代思想大系5 宗教と国家』431ページ</ref><ref>『[https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1110074/38 歴代の詔勅]』 p.66 河野省三 内閣印刷局、1940年（国立国会図書館）</ref><ref name="wwwcourtsgojp-1971a">{{Cite web |title=Details of 1971 (Gyo-Tsu) 69 {{!}} Judgments of the Supreme Court |url=https://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_en/detail?id=51 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=www.courts.go.jp}}</ref><ref name="www2kokugakuinacjp-2023a" /> It declared [[Shinto]] (the "way of the gods") as the guiding principle of the state.<ref name="wwwcourtsgojp-1971a" />
The concept of [[Divinity]] was placed on the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]], and [[Shinto]] become designated as the [[state religion]] of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese Empire]], which was designated as a state with "[[unity of religion and rule]]".
== Commentary == After the [[Meiji Restoration]], the theory of unification of ritual and government increased, centering on [[Kokugaku]] scholars of the [[Hirata Atsutane]] school, which dedicated itself to the restoration of Shinto, and on July 8, 1869, a [[Missionary Office]] was established within the [[Department of Divinities]]. The Missionary Office was established, and [[Nakayama Tadayasu]] was appointed as the missionary director and Fukuha Yoshishige as the vice-director. Fukuha served as [[Ministry of Divinities]], the de facto chief executive officer after the Ministry of Divinities was renamed [[Ministry of Shinto|Ministry of Divinities]].
This was followed by the issuance of an imperial decree in the name of the [[Emperor Meiji]] of the time, which set forth the principle of "clarifying the doctrine of jikkyo and proclaiming the way of godliness. In direct opposition to [[Christianity]], it proposed the promotion of Shinto and national protection through Missionary Offices.
However, the confusion caused by the [[Haibutsu kishaku|movement to abolish Buddhism]], the conflict with the [[Confucian]]-[[Buddhist]] philosophy of the clans that still functioned as local governments, and the conflicts among national scholars within the Ministry of Divinities, combined with the demand from the west to stop the suppression of Christianity, led to the continued sluggish movement toward Shinto nationalization The establishment of the [[Ministry of Religion (Japan)|Ministry of Religion]] on March 14, 1872 (April 21, 1872), the separation of [[Miyanaka ritual]]s, and the abolition of [[Missionary Office]] forced a review of the Taikyo Mission, and the [[Great Teaching Institute|Taikyo Institute]], which aimed to rebuild and strengthen the line of the Taikyo Mission, was established the following year. The following year, the [[Daikyoin|Taikyo Institute]] was established with the aim of rebuilding and strengthening the line of the Taikyo Mission.
== Three Great Teachings == In the proclamation, there was a promotion of three great teachings:
# 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" /> These are still kept by [[Shintō Taikyō]].<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> The "Taikyo" is the same as the "Great Teachings" of the [[Great Teaching Institute]], and the Taikyo of [[Shintō Taikyō]].
== See also == * [[Kyodo Shoku]] * [[Missionary Office]] * [[Shendao Shejiao]] * [[Unity of religion and rule]]
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