Office of Japanese Classics Research

Office of Japanese Classics Research
PredecessorBureau of Shinto Affairs
SuccessorAssociation of Shinto Shrines, Kokugakuin University
This monument is located in front of the Tokyo Kusei Kaikan in Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Tokyo Kusei Kaikan was the former location of the Office of Japanese Classics Research.[1]

The Office of Japanese Classics Research (皇典講究所, Kōten Kōkyūsho) was a central government organization for the training of the Shinto priesthood in Japan.[2][3][4][5] It was established by the Meiji Government in 1882 as the successor organization to the Bureau of Shinto Affairs. Prince Arisugawa Takahito was its first leader.

Under pressure from the Occupation Policy by the postwar GHQ, it was dissolved in 1946. The Association of Shinto Shrines was established and merged the National Association of Shinto Priests, Jingu-kyo, and Institute of Divinities into the same organization.[6] Kokugakuin University Foundation (the predecessor of Kokugakuin University) was then established as a stand-alone corporation.[7]

  1. ^ "國學院大學の歴史" (PDF). 國學院大學. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  2. ^ https://archive.today/20230315184013/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8964
  3. ^ Shinden/Takeda 2005, pp. 213–214.
  4. ^ Digital Daijisen.
  5. ^ https://archive.today/20230315184309/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/id=8854
  6. ^ Narita & Takeda 2005, pp. 252–253.
  7. ^ "History of Kokugakuin University" (PDF). Kokugakuin University. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

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