Taikyo Proclamation

The Proclamation of the Great Doctrine (大教宣布, Taikyō senpu) was issued in the name of Emperor Meiji on January 3, 1870 (February 3). It declared Shinto (the "way of the gods") as the guiding principle of the state.

The concept of Divinity was placed on the Emperor, and Shinto become designated as the state religion of the Japanese Empire, which was designated as a state with "unity of religion and rule".

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