In 1941 the government ordered in the name of the state of emergency that the religions and sects having the same founder of religion or the same founder of sect or the same dharma should be consolidated.
1941年（昭和16年）、時局緊迫を理由に政府当局が教祖、宗祖や教義を同じくする諸宗教、諸宗派に統合を迫る。