Sect Shinto

Sect Shinto (教派神道, Kyōha Shintō; or 宗派, Shuha Shintō) is a type of Shinto group that was legally excluded from State Shinto.[1] Sect shinto groups have more developed belief systems than Shrine Shinto which focuses more on rituals.[2]

Many sect shinto groups are members of the Kyoha Shintō Rengōkai (教派神道連合会, Association of Sectarian Shinto).[3]

They were originally managed by the Bureau of Shinto Affairs which itself became a sect called Shinto Taikyo, a descendant of the Taikyo Institute


Tenrikyo used to be considered a Sect Shinto group, but is now considered another religion.[4]

Demographics

Timeline of member organizations and 2020 statistics[a]
Denomination Founder Founding date Date of Independence believers Priests[5] Shrines and churches[5]
Kurozumikyō Munetada Kurozumi 1846[6] October 1876 297,351 1,312 307
Shinto Shusei Nitta Kuniteru 1849[7] 8,084 213 52
Jingu-kyo(→Left 1899, Disestasblished 1946) Yoriyo Tanaka 1882 May 1882 N/A[b] N/A N/A
Izumo-taishakyo Takatomi Senge 1882[8] 1,266,058 8,212 161
Fuso-kyo Shishino Nakaba 31,150 425 135
Jikkō kyō Hanamori Shibata 10,910 250 87
Shinto Taiseikyo (神道大成教) Hirayama Seisai 1882 21,515 173 30
Shinshu-kyo

(→ Withdrew from the Federation in 1976)

 Masatsugu Yoshimura 126,181 203 93
Ontake-kyo Osuke Tsuda September 1882 42,550 1,119 346
Shinto Taikyo Inaba Masakuni 1872[c] January 1886 21,375 470 163
Shinrikyo Tsunehiko Sano 1880[9] October 1894 67,248 938 139
Misogikyo Masakane Inoue 78,675 482 61
Konkokyo Kinko Ogami November 15, 1859[10] June 1900 397,461 3,521 1,484
Tenrikyo(→ Withdrew from the Federation in 1970) Nakayama Miki 1838 November 1908 2,000,000[d][11]
Tensha Tsuchimikado Shinto (→ Never joined the Federation) 1953 50,000
Oomoto(→ Joined the Federation in 1956) Nao Deguchi 1892[12] 1956 166,367 4,280 715
Total (sensuo stricto) 2,534,925[5] 21,598[5] 3,773[5]
Total (sensuo lacto) 4,584,925
  • Ko-Shintō
  • Shinbutsu-shūgō
  • Haibutsu kishaku

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Statistics source excluding Tenrikyo and Tensha Tsuchimikado Shinto
  2. ↑ Depending on interpretation up to 98 million followers due to its role in founding the Association of Shinto Shrines
  3. ↑ As the Great Teaching Institute
  4. ↑ 2002 data

References

  1. ↑ "Kyōha Shintō | Japanese religion | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  2. ↑ 景山春樹 「神道」『世界大百科事典』 219頁。
  3. ↑ "教派神道連合会（教派連）". Kyoharen.jp. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  4. ↑ Fukaya, Tadamasa, "The Fundamental Doctrines of Tenrikyo," Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Tenri-Jihosha, 1960, p.2
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Religious Almanac" (2020 edition)
  6. ↑ "Marukoto: The Teaching of Roundness". kurozumikyo.com. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  7. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  8. ↑ Miller, R.A. (1962). 現代日本文読本: Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language. Tuttle Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 9780804816472. Retrieved 2015-01-01. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  9. ↑ 日本国語大辞典,百科事典マイペディア,デジタル大辞泉,世界大百科事典内言及, ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典,日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),精選版. "神理教(しんりきょう)とは？ 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "The Life of The Founder | KONKOKYO". www.konkokyo.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  11. ↑ Stuart D. B. Picken. Historical dictionary of Shinto. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. p. 223. ISBN 0-8108-4016-2
  12. ↑ Tamura, Yoshirō (2000). Japanese Buddhism: a cultural history. Translated by Jeffrey Hunter (1st English ed.). Tokyo: Kosei Pub. Co. ISBN 4-333-01684-3. OCLC 45384117.

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