Shrine Parishioner Registration

The Shrine Parishioner Registration act (氏子調, Ujiko shirabe) was a law in Japan that forcibly registered people in Shinto Shrines.

It was implemented by the Meiji government from 1871 (Meiji 4) to 1873. It is a religious policy that obliged citizens to become parishioners of local shrines (gosha).

Previously the status of ujiko was limited to privileged local families, but this system extended it to everyone in the village.

The official name of the law is Daijō-kan Proclamation No. 322 "Investigation of parishioners at large and small shrines" (太政官布告第三二二号「大小神社氏子取調」, Daijōkanfukoku dai san ni ni-gō `daishō jinja ujiko torishirabe').