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Kyōha Shintō (Thirteen Sects)

The thirteen Meiji-era Shintō sects officially recognised as religious bodies (kyōha) separate from State Shrine Shintō.

Definition

Between 1876 and 1908 the Meiji government recognised thirteen independent Shintō denominations — Kurozumikyō, Shintō Shūseiha, Izumo Ōyashirokyō, Fusōkyō, Jikkōkyō, Shintō Taiseikyō, Shinshūkyō, Ontakekyō, Shintō Taikyō, Misogikyō, Shinrikyō, Konkōkyō and Tenrikyō. Unlike "Shrine Shintō" (Jinja Shintō) administered by the state, these were treated as religions, taxed, and required to maintain their own clergy and doctrine. Several survive today as new religious movements.

Etymology

kyōha ("sect, denomination") + Shintō