Home Ministry

The Home Ministry was a government department in Japan that dealt with things like local government, elections, police, social policy, and public works from 1873 to 1947. It notably was involved with the development of State Shinto and controlling religious affairs in Japan.

v t e State Shinto
Organizations	Department of Divinities Ministry of Divinities Missionary Office Ministry of Religion Kyodo Shoku Taikyo Institute Bureau of Shinto Affairs Bureau of Shrines and Temples Home Ministry Office of Japanese Classics Research National Association of Shinto Priests Bureau of Shrines Bureau of Religions Institute of Divinities Jingu-kyo Kokugakuin University
Concepts	Unity of religion and rule Haibutsu kishaku Secular Shrine Theory Shōkonsha Imperial cult Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines
Events	Taikyo Proclamation Shinbutsu bunri Shrine Consolidation Policy Religious Organizations Law Shrine Parishioner Registration Humanity Declaration Shinto Directive
Successor organizations	Association of Shinto Shrines Kokugakuin University Shinto Taikyo Yasukuni Shrine Gokoku Shrines Shrine Shinto
Predecessors	Kokugaku Fukko Shinto