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. Sect shinto groups have more developed belief systems than Shrine Shinto which focuses more on rituals.

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

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.

Demographics

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

(→ Withdrew from the Federation in 1976)

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

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

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  4. ↑ Fukaya, Tadamasa, "The Fundamental Doctrines of Tenrikyo," Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Tenri-Jihosha, 1960, p.2
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  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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