Kokugakuin University


Kokugakuin University is a private university, whose main office is in Tokyo's Shibuya district. The academic program and research of Shinto study, Japanese history, Japanese and Chinese literature and cultural study, as well as the study of economics, jurisprudence and pedagogy. It was established in 1882.

History

From its beginnings as the Office of Japanese Classics Research, Kokugakuin University was one of the first universities in Japan to gain legal approval to be recognized as such under the university system.
The Office of Japanese Classics Research, founded in 1882, in 1890 established a method of teaching the subject of kokugaku called Kokugakuin. In 1920, it rose to the status of a university under the old university system, and after World War II it became a university under Japan's current university system in 1948.

Chronology

At Kokugakuin, one can take a course to obtain the qualifications to become a kannushi. A course where one can get these qualifications exists only at Kokugakuin University and Kogakkan University.

Departments

People and organizations

Alumni, professors, and others related to the school are known as In'yū. There is a graduate's association called the In'yū Association, and a meeting hall called the In'yū Hall at the Shibuya campus. Most Shinto priests at shrines across Japan are In'yū.

List of people associated with Kokugakuin

Campuses

There are also facilities in Sagamihara and other areas.

Shibuya campus, [Higashi, Tokyo]

Higashi 4-10-28, Shibuya-ku, Tōkyō-to

Tama Plaza campus

Shin-Ishikawa 3-22-1, Aoba-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Related schools

The educational institutions in Tochigi Prefecture listed below operate independently of Kokugakuin University, and exist under a separate incorporated legal entity.