Structure of the Organizations: Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha and Hongwanji Temple
Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Organization( ) Number ofpersons

Hongwanji
New Organizational
Structure Coodinating
TeamMonshu

Legislative
Assembly

House ofAcademicians

Institutional Judicial Affairs Agency–Chief Justice

Chair –Vice chair –Assembly
persons (78)Inspectors(6 or less)

Auditors(15 or less)

Justices(15 or less)– DeanSpecial
Justices(5)

FellowAcademicians(5)

Special
JudicialOffice

Board of Executive
Board of Governors
Officers
Chair person
Governor General↓↓
Executive Officers(15)

Disciplinary
CommitteeJudicialCommittee

Governors (3)OfficeBranch of investigation and decision
Branch of auditing

Board of Directors

Branch Temples- Ritual & Liturgy- Propagation & Education- Temple Management &Conservator of Properties<2. Think Tank><3. Other Issues>

Jodo Shinshu Studies
and Research Center

Headquarters ofCore Projects

Head Regent(Representative of theBoard of JGAHD*)Regent(JGAHD)
Secretary General(JGAHD)

Directors (15)

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Hongwanji Press: Marketing Promotion Section, Editorial Section
Monbou Kaikan<4. General Affairs Category>
General Affairs: Secretarial Dept.
Personnel Dept.
Legal Affairs Dept.
Treasury Dept.
Social Affairs: Human Rights Dept.
Social Programs Dept.
Disaster Management Dept.
Buddhist Education Dept.
Public Relations Dept.
Monshinto Education: Monshinto Fellowship Dept.
Monshinto Counseling Dept.

Internal Affairs Division
Executive Administrator

Ondōbō Programs

Minister Education: Tokudo and Kyoshi Ordination Dept.
Fukyoshi Affairs Dept.
Rituals and Liturgy Training Dept.
Hongwanji-ha Academia Register Dept.
Temple Affairs:

Domestic Propagation Dept.
Depopulated Area Strategic Planning Dept.
International Dept.
Organizational Programs Dept.
Local Temples Dept.
Hongwanji Branch Temples Dept.
Districts and Sub-districts Dept.

StandingCommittee

Representatives ofeach institution
and District
committee

Chair
Vice chair,
Members(10-15)District Committee&Okinawa Special
District Committee(Limited)
Sub-District
Committee(Limited)

Lay Directors (7–12)

Doctrinal Advisors(3)

One of them must be a JGAHD.

Sanyo LaySuppoters

Director

Central Committee(50 or less)

Doctrinal Advisors

Sanyo Lay Supporters
Council (15–20)

New OrganizationalStructure
Coordinating Office

Executive
Administrator

Lay Board ofDirectors

Chair –
Vice chair –Doctrinal Advisory CouncilChair (1)Members (4)<1. Planning & Management>
General Planning
BureauBranch Temple(Tsukiji Hongwanji)

Special Disignated District- Strategic Propagation Planning in
Metropolitan Areas

Administration Bureau

Resident Minister

Consultative Committee(10)

Office- Ritual & Liturgy- Propagation & Education- Temple Management & Conservator ofProperties

Governor General
Governors (3)Head Regent
RegentSecretary General

Governor General(Representative ofthe Organization)

Priests (47)
Lay members
Accounting & Auditing
Committee

New OrganizationalStructure GeneralCommittee＊JGAHD: Japanese Government Approved
Hongwanji Director

Office of the Monshu and Interior Affairs
Liturgy Department:

Honzan Section
Otani Mausoleum Section

Reception Department: Honzan Section
Otani Mausoleum
SectionPropagation Section