Taikyo Proclamation
Proclamation by the Japanese Emperor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Proclamation of the Great Doctrine (大教宣布, Taikyō senpu)[1] was issued in the name of Emperor Meiji on January 3, 1870 (February 3).[2][3][4][1] It declared Shinto (the "way of the gods") as the guiding principle of the state.[4]
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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".