or Tōdō () is a Japanese

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(fortune telling) method, created by

Yokoyama Marumitsu was a Japanese late Edo period samurai and founder of the Tōkyūjutsu or Tōdō () is a Japanese divination (fortune telling) method, created by Yokoyama Marumitsu in the 1830s (Edo period). It was developed from tengenjutsu, a system with or ...

in the 1830s (

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). It was developed from tengenjutsu, a system with origins in China and was well established at the time. Tōkyūjutsu teaches that ones personality and character can be determined by factors such as the date of birth and facial features. Good fortune is allegedly achieved by finding and understanding this inner self that has been obscured.淘宮術
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Digital Daijisen Marumitsu gained many followers from the upper and middle classes of Edo. In 1848 they were forbidden from taking disciples and holding meetings by the

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, but Marumitsu was not exiled like many other leaders of groups outside the

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and

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institutions. The group survived underground and revived after the

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. Today Tōkyūjutsu is practiced by an organization called Tōdōkai.

References

External links

Toudoukai WebsitePsychic Readings
Religion in Japan Divination {{Japan-reli-stub