The is a Japanese new religion founded by

Matsumura Kaiseki was the founder of Dokai, the Way, a Pan-Asianist Christian-influenced new religious movement A new religious movement (NRM), also known as alternative spirituality or a new religion, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins ...

in 1907 which synthesizes aspects of

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, Confucian, Daoist, and traditional Japanese thought. Its four main tenets are theism (Japanese: 信神), ethical cultivation (Japanese: 修徳), neighborly love (Japanese: 愛隣), and a belief in eternal life (Japanese: 永生).

Notable members

Ōkawa Shūmei,

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and

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ideologuePan-Asianism: A Documentary History, 1920–Present Sven Saaler, Christopher W. A. Szpilman - 2011- Page 88 "For example, Matsumura Kaiseki (1859–1939), who in 1912 founded a new religious sect, the Society of the Way (Dōkai), of which Ōkawa Shūmei was also a member, also favored a synthesis of the same religions, while not under the banner "

References

* ''Suzuki, Studies of Trends in Meiji Religious Thought''. * ''Matsumura, A Critique of Religions''. Christianity in Japan Christian organizations established in 1907 Christian new religious movements 1907 establishments in Japan {{japan-reli-stub