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Shinmei Aishinkai | 神命愛神会 |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Komatsu Shin'yō (1928- ). Komatsu was born in Yokohama to a mother from a lineage of hereditary Shinto priests ( shake ). In 1976, shortly after a friend made a prophecy that a kami was about to descend to earth, Komatsu experienced a visitation ... |
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Shinreikai Kyōdan | 心霊界教団 |
A Shintō-derived new religion founded by Ishii Reizan (original name Iwayoshi, 1884-58). The group's origins stem from a revelation received by Ishii in 1932. Deeply devout since childhood, Ishii had experienced mystical visitations on the occasion of his mother's ill... |
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Shinreikyō | 神霊教 |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Ōtsuka Kan'ichi (1891-72). Having displayed unusual spiritual powers from a young age, Ōtsuka inaugurated the movement on February 11, 1947, assisted by his wife Kunie (1906-). He developed a reputation for his healing powers, which ... |
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Shinri Jikkō no Oshie | 真理実行の教え |
A Shintō-derived new religion founded by Honjō Chiyoko (1902-1957). Honjō met Matsushita Matsuzō (1873-1947), a Shinto medium ( reinōsha ) from Kumamoto, and engaged in religious practice under his guidance. After Matsushita's death, Honjō established the legal foundation Sh... |
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Shinrikyō | 神理教 |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto, with organization typical of that period's sectarian Shinto ( kyōha Shintō ). Founded by Sano Tsunehiko (1834-1906), who was born in Buzen Province (present-day Fukuoka Prefecture). Sano studied kokugaku (National Learning) under Nis... |
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Shinsei Tengan Manaita no Kai | 神声天眼学会 |
An Ōmoto-lineage new religion founded by Kurata Chikyū (1906-91). Kurata went to China on military service and operated there for the Special Service Agency ( Tokumu Kikan , a secret branch of the military). Through the relationships he developed there in the context of Sino-Japan... |
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Shinshūkyō | 神習教 |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto, with strong characteristics of that period's sectarian Shinto ( kyōha Shintō ). Founded following the Meiji Restoration by Yoshimura Masamochi (1839-1915), a feudal retainer from Tsuyama Domain in Mimasaka Province (present-day ... |
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Shintō Misogikyō | 神道禊教 |
A Shinto-derived new religion that emerged from Misogikyō and was organized by Sakata Yasuhiro (1962-). In 1974, during the time of Misogikyōs fifth superintendent ( kanchō ) Sakata Yasuyoshi, the Inoue Shrine in Tokyo (dedicated to Misogikyō founder Inoue Masakane) was destroy... |
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Shintō Shinkyō | 神道新教 |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Unigame Ito (1876-1976). Born in Kanzaki district of Hyogo Prefecture, Unigame was devoted from an early age to venerating the kami . Since the family into which she married was affiliated with the Buddhist True Pure Land sect (Jōdō Shinshū)... |
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Shintō Shinshinkyō | 神道神心教 |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Adachi Taijūrō (1841-1895). Adachi was born in Hikami district in what is now Hyogo Prefecture. For a time he was a member of Kurozmikyō, but he received a divine revelation after nine years of engaging in his own unique form of practice, and al... |
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Shintō Shūseiha | 神道修成派 |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto. A movement typical of sectarian Shinto ( kyōha Shintō ), Shintō Shūseiha was founded by Nitta Kuniteru (1829-1902). Nitta was born into a warrior family in Awa (present-day Tokushima Prefecture) in Shikoku, and was active in the nationali... |
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Shintō Taikyō | 神道大教 |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto ( Shintō jūsanpa ). Government administrative circumstances played a great role in the coming into existence of this religious organization. Before 1940, it went under the name Shintō Honkyoku (its formal name was simply "Shintō&qu... |
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Shintō Taiseikyō | 神道大成教 |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shintō and a typical representative of what is known as sectarian Shintō ( kyōha Shintō ). Founded by Hirayama Seisai (1815-1890). Born in Miharu in Mutsu Province (present-day Fukushima Prefecture), Hirayama was the son of a kendō (fencing) teac... |
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Shizensha | 自然社 |
A religious movement from the lineage of Hito no Michi Kyōdan (see PL Kyōdan) and founded by Hashimoto Satomi (1899-1984). Born in Kagoshima (Kyushu), Hashimoto became a disciple of Miki Tokuharu in 1924. Miki, in turn, had been a disciple of Kanada Tokumitsu. Miki established the J... |
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Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama | 松緑神道大和山 |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Tazawa Seishirō (1884-1966), and based on his personal experience of dedicating a shrine to a "mountain kami" ( yama no kami ) in 1919, witnessing extraordinary astronomical phenomena, and hearing divine voices. During the rel... |
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Shūkyō Hōjin Shikō Gakuen | 宗教法人紫光学苑 |
A new religious movement strongly influenced by Shinto. Founded by Kawakami Seizan (1908-51), who was born in Tokunoshima in the Ōshima district of Kagoshima Prefecture. Kawakami became a police chief in Hyogo Prefecture, but resigned due to ill-health. During World War II, Kawa... |
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Shūyōdan Hōseikai | 修養団捧誠会 |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Idei Seitarō (1899-1983). Idei was born the third son of a poor farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture. After going to Tokyo in 1915, he became acquainted with Uesaka Inosuke, a Tenrikyō preacher and co-worker at the post office where he was employed, a... |
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Soshindō Kyōdan | 祖神道教団 |
A Shinto-derived new religion established by Yoshioka Tajūrō (1905-87), who had worked earlier as a teacher in Izumo Taishakyō. In the early Showa era (ca. late 1920s-) Yoshioka visited and came under the religious tutelage of the Shinto spiritualist Matsushita Matsuzō, known as ... |
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Soshindō | 祖神道 |
A Shinto-derived new religious movement that arose focused on Matsushita Matsuzō (1873-1947), a spirit medium ( reinōsha ) active from the Taisho era (1912-26) to the World War II period. Subject to chronic illness, Matsushita had possessed deep faith from a young age and had activ... |
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Subikari Kōha Sekai Shindan | ス光光波世界神団 |
A new religion from the lineage of Ōmoto, Sekai Kyūseikyō and Mahikari. Founded by the spiritualist manga artist Kuroda Minoru (1928- ), under influence from Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyōdan. Kuroda made his living as an artist of manga (graphic novels) while continuing his studies of ... |
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