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Institute of Divinities
神祇院
Agency overview
FormedNovember 9, 1940
Preceding agency
  • Bureau of Shrines, Jingu-kyo
DissolvedJanuary 31, 1946
Superseding agency
  • Association of Shinto Shrines
Headquarters1-2 Kasumigaseki, Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo-shi
Agency executives
  • Eiji Yasui, President
  • Ichisho Inuma, Vice President
Parent agencyHome Ministry
Key document
  • SCAPIN-448

The Institute of Divinities (神祇院, Jingi-in)[1] is one of the former state agencies of Japan. Ministry of the Interior's foreign bureau.[2][1] Its purpose was to increase the prestige of Shintoism among the people and it was the core of shrine administration and Shintoism until the end of WWII.[2]

Showa's early Divinities revival movement and movement to establish special divine offices[3] In response to the 1940, it was established on the occasion of the commemoration of the 2600th anniversary of the accession of Jimmu in 1940. After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the Shinto Directive was issued by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (GHQ), and the Shinto Directive was terminated on January 31, 1946., it was abolished as of January 31, 1946.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. ^ a b "Basic Terms of Shinto: J". www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. ^ 阪本是丸 『明治維新と国学者』 大明堂、1993年、193頁
  4. ^ 行政整理実施ノ為ニスル内務省官制中改正等ノ件(昭和21年勅令第59号)、『官報』第5713号、昭和21年1月31日。

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