to oversee propaganda. Then, jingi-kan was demoted to , Ministry of Divinities, that lasted from 1871 to 1872, as part of the saisei itchi campaign, bringing jingi-kan to an end. The goals of the Great Teaching campaign was deemed too ambiguous or too general to be able to be formed into practice, making it difficult for jingi-shō to provide a theoretical and spiritual content to be spread among the public. In addition to that, jingi-shō also lacked staffs to oversee their two major functions, Shintō affairs and propaganda. Because of these two reasons, jingi-shō was abandoned and dissolved, and the Meiji administration established Ministry of Religious Education (教部省, kyōbushō), also known as Ministry of Doctrine. See also Engishiki, volume 1-10 State Shinto Notes External links Kokugakuin University, Encyclopedia of Shinto, "Concepts of Emperor and State" (Jingi-kan) Former government ministries of Japan 8th-century establishments in Japan History of Shinto State Shinto