Imperial Court Research Institute (original) (raw)

The Imperial Court Research Institute (皇典講究所, Kōten Kōkyūsho) was a central government organization for the training of the Shinto priesthood in Japan. It was established by the Meiji Government in 1882 as the successor organization to the Shinto Secretariat. Under pressure from the Occupation Policy by the postwar GHQ, it was dissolved in 1946. The Association of Shinto Shrines was established and merged the National Shinto Priesthood Association, Jingu-kyo, and Jingin into the same organization. Kokugakuin University Foundation (the predecessor of Kokugakuin University) was then established as a stand-alone corporation.