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Ōmiwakyō (Sako) |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Sako Kan (1878-1937). Born in Nara prefecture, Sako was the second daughter of Murakami Kisaburō and Murakami Shiyu and it is said she exhibited spiritual powers from the age of about ten onwards. After marrying Sako Tsunezō she engaged in Sh... |
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Ōmiwakyō (Kojima) |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Kojima Moriyoshi. It originated in 1872 within the "local academy" ( shōkyōin ; a small teaching center established by the government for the purpose of promulgating the "Great Teaching"; see Taikyō Senpu ) at Ōmiwa S... |
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Ōmoto |
A Shinto-derived new religion started by Deguchi Nao (1836-1918), considered its kaiso (original founder), and Deguchi Onisaburō (1871-1948), its seishi (spiritual teacher). Deguchi Nao, who was from Ayabe in Kyoto Prefecture, had a "spirit dream" at the lunar New Y... |
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Ōmoto Hikari no Michi |
A new religion established by Hōkan Meikyō (1923-) based on Ōmoto and Sekai Kyūseikyō elements. In 1952, Ikeuchi Kazuhide (1895-1971) the then-head of Sekai Kyūseikyō's Toyooka Shirogami branch claimed a visitation from the spirit of Deguchi Nao, the original founder of Ōmoto. A... |
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Ōtori Sessō |
(1814-194) Second-generation Superintendent ( kanchō ) of Ontake-kyō, one of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto. Born on the first day of the first month of 1814 in Innoshima, Bingo Province (present-day Hiroshima Prefecture). Originally a Buddhist monk-priest of the Sōtō Zen s... |
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Ōyama Tameoki |
(1651-1713) Proponent of Suika Shintō during the mid-Edo period. Born in 1651 in Ii District, Yamashiro Province (present-day Fukushima Prefecture) as the third son of Matsumoto Tameyoshi, priest ( kannnushi ) at the shrine Inari Jinja in Fushimi, Kyoto. At the age of three, Tameo... |
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Ōyamanezu no Mikoto Shinji Kyōkai |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Inai Sadao (1906-88). Inai, who operated a public bathhouse in Yokohama, was diagnosed as having cancer of the throat and suffering great pain he sought, unsuccessfully, to have the cancer cured through magical healing rites performed by a ... |
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