is a Japanese
Shintoist grouping. Its sacred mountain is
Mount Ontake.
It was founded by
Shimoyama Osuke.
It had 3 million members in 1930.
According to a 1994 book, the numbers have fallen below one million.
Its headquarters has been moved from
Tokyo to
Futana-cho in the city of
Nara.
Ontake-kyo has special rites.
It is strongly influenced by the values of the Meiji era.
It is considered a
Mountain worship
Mountain worship (sangaku shinko, ) is a faith that regards mountains as sacred and objects of worship.
Description
Mountain worship is a form of Nature worship that seems to have evolved from the reverence that ethnic groups closely associate ...
group of
Sect Shinto alongside
Jikkō kyō and
Fuso-kyo
References
Shinto in Japan
Shugendō
Shinto new religious movements
Shinbutsu shūgō
Mountain faith
13 Shinto Sects
Shinto denominations
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