Kokugakuin University
| 國學院大學 (Kokugakuin Daigaku) | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1882 |
| Location | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Website | www.kokugakuin.ac.jp |
Kokugakuin University (國學院大學; Kokugakuin Daigaku, abbreviated as 國學大 Kokugakudai or 國大 Kokudai) 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 are highly evaluated in and out of Japan as well as the study of economics, jurisprudence and pedagogy. It was established in 1882.
From its beginnings as the Office of Japanese Classics Research (an organization created in 1882 to seek deeper meaning in Shinto after controversies over certain deities), Kokugakuin University was one of the first universities in Japan to gain legal approval to be recognized as such under the university system (which preceded the Imperial university system, but was repealed in 1947).
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.
At Kokugakuin, one can take a course to obtain the qualifications to become a kannushi (Shinto priest). A course where one can get these qualifications exists only at Kokugakuin University and Kogakkan University.
Alumni, professors, and others related to the school are known as In'yū (院友, 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.
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