Shinkan (official)

Shinkan (神官) were government officials serving at shakaku-ranked Shinto shrines in Japan.^[1]^[2] Commonly, shinkan were officially appointed kannushi.^[3]

Terminology[edit]

According to the 1884 Daijō-kan decree, shinkan is an official who has been given the status of a government official (kanri) to serve at a shakaku-ranked shrine. However, in 1887, at shrines ranking below kanpei-sha, with the exception of Ise Grand Shrine, the position of shinkan was abolished and the position of shinshoku was introduced. In 1945, Ise Grand Shrine abolished the position of shinkan.^[2]

Today, the position of shinkan does not exist, and the kannushi of Shinto shrines are collectively referred to as shinshoku.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Oxford Languages. Google’s Japanese dictionary. 神官 (Shinkan).
^ ^a ^b ^c "神道用語辞典" [Okayama Prefectural Agency of Shinto Shrines. Shinto Terminology Encyclopedia]. 岡山県神社庁 (in Japanese). 神官 (Shinkan). Retrieved March 29, 2021.
^ Dejitaru Daijisen. APA. 2011. Shinkan (神官).

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[1] Oxford Languages. Google’s Japanese dictionary. 神官 (Shinkan).

[:0-2] "神道用語辞典" [Okayama Prefectural Agency of Shinto Shrines. Shinto Terminology Encyclopedia]. 岡山県神社庁 (in Japanese). 神官 (Shinkan). Retrieved March 29, 2021.

[3] Dejitaru Daijisen. APA. 2011. Shinkan (神官).

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