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Makoto no Michi |
A Shinto-derived new religious movement started by Ogiwara Makoto (1910-81). Having experienced paranormal powers since before World War II, Ogiwara began participating as a psychic in a spiritualist research group in 1947. In time, Ogiwara and medical doctor Shioya Nobuo (190... |
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Makoto no Michikyō |
A religious movement founded by Matsumoto Jōtarō (September 1881-1944). Originally born into the Yamaoka family in a mountain village in Ehime Prefecture, Matsumoto began a rice business upon reaching adulthood but it proved a failure. He also tried his hand at a variety of other o... |
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Mano Tokitsuna |
(1648-1717) Mid-Edo-period priest ( shinshoku ) and Shintoist. His common names included Nuinosuke and Tarōtayu, while his epistolary names included Zōroku-ō, Matsukage-tei, Shūsen-ō, and Fujinami-ō. Born 1648 in Owari Province (present-day Aichi Prefecture), Mano was the ... |
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Maruyama Sakura |
(184-99) Politician and literary figure of the Meiji period. Born on the third day of the tenth month of 1840 at the Shimabara domain residence of Matsudaira Tadakazu in the Shibamita Shikokumachi district of Edo. His father was Maruyama Masanao. In 1858 he dedicated himself as a pos... |
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Maruyamakyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Itō Rokurobei (1829-94). Born into the Kiyomiya family in Noborito village in the Tachibana district of Musashi Province (present-day Kawasaki City), Rokurobei was adopted as an heir and son-in-law by the Itō household. Thereafter he wor... |
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Masuho Zankō |
(1655-1742) Shintoist of the mid-Edo period. His original lineage name was Takenaka, and he was given the posthumous name Monaka. He had the common names Yamato and Yamatai, and the epistolary names Taigyōō, Jisetsusai, and Chisoku Ippyōraku. Born in 1655 in Oita District in the pr... |
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Matsuki Tomohiko |
(1679-1752) A priest of the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) of the mid-Edo period. His original lineage name was Watarai, and his epistolary name was Tokugetsu. Matsuki was appointed to the rank of Provisional Suppliant Priest ( gon-negi ) of the Outer Shrine (Gekū) already at the ag... |
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Matsuno Isao |
(1852-93) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) and educator in the early Meiji era. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture's Mihara as the second son of Matsuno Hisayuki, a posthumous disciple of Hirata Atsutane. From early childhood Matsuno studied the Japanese and Chinese classics, ... |
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Matsuoka Mitsugi |
(183-194) Shinto priest ( shinshoku ) and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Tokugawa and Meiji periods. Born in the province of Sanuki (present-day Kagawa Prefecture), Matsuoka was the son of Takamatsu samurai Sano Eiji, he became the heir to the hereditary pries... |
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Matsuoka Yūen |
(171-83) Proponent of Suika Shintō of the mid-Edo period. The characters of his given name are also read as Obuchi. His style was Chūryō, and his formal names were Fumio, Sadanao, and Yūen. He had the common names Ryōan and others, and went by numerous epistolary names, including Ryōz... |
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Mikannagi Kiyonao |
(1812-1894) Shinto priest ( shinshoku ) and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) from the late Tokugawa period to the Meiji era. His common names were Shizuma and Shōsho, and he had the epistolary name of Bōen. Born on the fifteenth day of the second month of 1812 in the town of Yamad... |
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Misogikyō |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto and frequently regarded as a Shinto-derived new religion. The religion was founded by Inoue Masakane (1790-1849), who was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) as the son of a warrior from the feudal domain of Tatebayashi (present-day Gumma Pref... |
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Mitamakyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion whose founder was Nagata Fuku (1891-1975). Religiously devout from an early age, Nagata made a practice of visiting Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples and sacred mountains. After marrying she was taught a magical incantation for healing burns from he... |
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Miwa-ryū Shintō |
A form of Shinto belonging to the tradition of Ryōbu Shintō that developed primarily at Byōdōji and Ōgorinji (Ōmiwadera), temples serving as the "parish temples" ( jingūji ) of Ōmiwa Shrine in Nara Prefecture. The founder of Byōdōji, Kyōen (also read Keien, 1140-1223) i... |
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Miyaji Izuo |
(1847-1918) Shintoist of the modern period. Born in the eighth month of 1847 in Kōchi, Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture in Shikoku), Miyaji's original lineage name was Temasu, but he became the adopted son of Miyaji Mine. In 1872 he was conferred the Eleventh Rank in the M... |
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Miyaji Naokazu |
(1886-1949) Shinto historian. Born in January 1886 in the town of Enokuchi in Kōchi Prefecture, as the eldest son of Miyaji Naochika. Naokazu graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, where his senior thesis was entitled Hachimangū no kenkyū (Research on the Shrine Hachimangū). ... |
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Miyaji Shinsendō |
A Shinto religious movement with strong Daoist influences, founded by Miyaji Suii (originally known as Kakiwa, 1852-1904) centered in the area of Kōchi Prefecture. The traditions of the Miyaji family state that its ancestral founder was Takekai Konomiko, fourth child of the lege... |
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Miyaji Suii |
(1852-194) Founder of Miyaji Shinsendō, Suii was born on 8th day of the 1st month of 1852 to the priestly family ( shake ) of Ushioe Tenman Shrine, located in Ushioe Village, Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture). Son of Tokiwa, Suii’s childhood name was Masae. Known also as Ma... |
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Mononobe Shintō |
A form of Shinto based on the text Sendai kuji hongi taiseikyō . This text exists in two versions, composed of thirty-one and seventy-two fascicles, respectively, although the date and purpose of its composition are not clear, and are the subject of debate. Most scholars, however, a... |
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Motoda Nagazane |
(1818-91) Confucian scholar of the late Edo period and early Meiji era and lecturer to the Emperor Meiji. He had the style name Shichū and epistolary names Higashino and Chayō. Born in 1818 in Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture) as the eldest son of a retainer to the Kumam... |
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