Shinkan (official)
Shinkan (神官) was a government official in Japan, who worked at a shakaku ranked Shinto shrine, and had been appointed an official position.[1][2] Commonly, shinkan were officially appointed kannushi.[3]
Terminology
According to the 1884 Daijō-kan decree, shinkan is an officer who has been given the status of a government official (kanri) to serve at a 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]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Dejitaru Daijisen. APA. 2011. Shinkan (神官).
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