(5)The Administrative Structure for Cultural Affairs

From an organizational point of view the administration of cultural affairs within the Ministry of Education improved steadily; starting with the establishment in 1913 of a division within the Religion Bureau, which was specifically in charge of the preservation of old shrines and temples. Later additions included the formation in 1929 of the Arts and Sciences Division within the Higher Education Bureau and in 1939 of the Film Division (expanded to become the Cultural Facilities Division in1942) within the Social Education Bureau. However, since these functions were decentralized into separate bureaus there was no unified policy for the administration of cultural affairs.

Organizational developments in the postwar years moved gradually toward a rationalization of this administrative structure. The formation of the Culture and Art Divisions in 1945within the newly restored Social Education Bureau was one of the first steps of this process. The Japanese Language Division was established within the Textbook Bureau in 1947 and the Copyright Division was added to the Social Education Bureau in that same year. The National Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties was created in 1950 as stated above, under which two departments and six divisions were established to carry out the Commission's objectives. This process was advanced with the unification of the Art, Copyright, International Cultural Relations, Japanese Language, Religious Affair5,and new Culture Divisions into a Culture Bureau in May, 1966, and culminated in June, 1968, with the merger of the Culture Bureau and the National Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties into the Agency for Cultural Affairs. A unified and comprehensive administration for cultural affair5was thus made possible.

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