<Articles>What is the Significance of the Public Indoctrination Policy by Kyobu-Sho? : In View of its Relation to School Education

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  • <論説>教部省教化政策の転回と挫折 : 「教育と宗教の分離」を中心として
  • 教部省教化政策の転回と挫折--「教育と宗教の分離」を中心として
  • キョウブショウ キョウカ セイサク ノ テンカイ ト ザセツ キョウイク ト シュウキョウ ノ ブンリ オ チュウシン ト シテ

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This essay deals with the procedures of a large-scale introduction project introduced by the Ministry of Religion Kyobu-Sho in early Meiji era and focuses on how this policy drew every Shinto and Buddhist priest toward public indoctrination, specifically in relation to school education, which is an essential connection that has been neglected in previous studies. It can be stated that Fujimaro Tanaka's advocating 'the separation of education and religious' ideas played a central role in bringing about a drastic shift in this indoctrination policy lead by Michitsune Mishima. Thereafter, the plan to introduce an indoctrination system into school education failed, causing the policy line to go through some transitions. However this modified line again suffered severe criticism from Mokurai Shimaji, and consequently lead the indoctrination policy itself to collapse. The process also had an effect on Shimaji's side leading to his giving up his previous theory that Buddhist priests should be in charge of primary education. The analysis of Kyobu-sho and Shimaji enables us to mark the first step towards the widespread acceptance of the separation idea in modern Japanese society. A closer study would also clarify the forming and unifying process of Japan as a modern nation-state, a characteristic of which is that religion organizations rarely interfered with the school education.

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  • 史林

    史林 83 (6), 977-1009, 2000-11-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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