Taikyo Institute

The Taikyo Institute was an organization under the Ministry of Religion in the Empire of Japan.

History

It was founded in 1872 to train kyōdo shōku or religious teachers because the Missionary Office and Department of Divinities were unsuccessful in their national indoctrination objectives. It was intended as a joint Shinto and Buddhist organization, but ended up becoming entirely dominated by Shinto.
2=中教院 were established in each prefectural capital and 2=小教院 were established in various cities.
On January 1, 1875, an arson attack on the Taikyo Institute caused confusion, with four Jōdo Shinshū sects informally announcing their departure from the Great Teaching Institute.
On May 3, 1875, the Taikyo Institute was dissolved by the Ministry of Religion and replaced with the Bureau of Shinto Affairs and later Shintō Taikyō.
Ame-no-Minakanushi was one of its patron deities, also known under the Buddhist name Myōken.