Missionary Office

Missionary Office
PredecessorDepartment of Divinities
SuccessorMinistry of Religion
Formation1869
Dissolved1872
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]

Ths mission was found to be too socially divisive and it was abolished in 1872 and replaced with the Ministry of Religion which was presented as neutral between Shinto and Buddhism[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Teeuwen, Mark; Zhong, Yijiang (2017). "Izumo, Ise, and Modern Shinto". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 44 (2): 325–332. doi:10.18874/jjrs.44.2.2017.325-332. hdl:10852/65297. ISSN 0304-1042. JSTOR 90017702.
  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". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)