After executing Haibutsu-kishaku (a movement to abolish Buddhism) soon after the Meiji restoration, the Meiji government announced 'Isshu Ichikanncho-sei' (the system of one chief abbot in one sect) to each Buddhist sect, and ordered them to form an integrated religious community.
明治維新直後の廃仏毀釈の後、明治政府は仏教各派に対し一宗一管長制を打ち出し、統一教団の結成を要求。