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Ōmoto
200px, ''Chōseiden'' (長生殿) in Ayabe , also known as , is a religion founded in the 1890s by Deguchi Nao (1836–1918) and Deguchi Onisaburō (1871–1948). Oomoto is typically categorized as a Shinto-based Japanese new religion. The spiritual leaders of the movement have always been women within the Deguchi family, along with Onisaburō as its founding '' seishi'' (spiritual teacher). Since 2001, the movement has been guided by its fifth leader, Kurenai Deguchi. Oomoto's administrative headquarters is in Kameoka, Kyoto (Onisaburo Deguchi's hometown), and its spiritual headquarters is in Ayabe, Kyoto (Nao Deguchi's hometown). Uniquely among Japanese religions, Oomoto makes extensive use of the constructed language Esperanto in order promote itself as a world religion. Oomoto has historically engaged in extensive interfaith dialogue with religions such as the Baháʼí Faith, Christianity, and Islam, since a key tenet of Oomoto is that all religions come from the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nao Deguchi
Nao Deguchi (January 22, 1837 – November 16, 1918) was a Japanese religious leader who founded the Oomoto religion together with Onisaburo Deguchi. The origins of Oomoto began when she was possessed by a spirit called Ushitora no Konjin in 1892. Even though she was illiterate, she wrote 200,000 pages of prophesies while possessed. While Nao Deguchi is the of Oomoto, Onisaburo Deguchi is the . Biography Deguchi was born in Fukuchiyama, Tanba Province (present day Kyoto Prefecture) on January 22, 1837. She was the third child and the first daughter. She was born in the middle of a famine, so her parents considered abandoning her, but chose not to after Deguchi's grandmother scolded them. Her father, Gorosaburo Kirimura, died of cholera when she was 9, leaving Deguchi to work to support the family. When she was 16 she was adopted into the Deguchi family. The Deguchis had no children, and adopted her so that she could marry their adopted son, a carpenter named Masagoro De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onisaburo Deguchi
, born Kisaburō Ueda 上田 喜三郎 (1871–1948) was a Japanese religious leader. Together with his mother-in-law Nao Deguchi, he was one of the two spiritual leaders of the Oomoto religious movement in Japan. While Nao Deguchi is the of Oomoto, Onisaburo Deguchi is the . Biography Onisaburo had studied Honda Chikaatsu's ''Spirit Studies'' (''Honda Reigaku'') and also learned to mediate spirit possession ('' chinkon kishin'' 鎮魂帰神) from Honda's disciple in Shimizu, Shizuoka. Starting from March 1, 1898, he followed a hermit named Matsuoka Fuyō (松岡芙蓉), who was a messenger of the kami Kono-hana-saku-ya-hime-no-mikoto (木花咲耶姫命), to a cave on Mount Takakuma near Kameoka, Kyoto, where Onisaburo performed intense ascetic training for one week. While enduring cold weather with only a cotton robe, as well as hunger and thirst, Onisaburo received divine revelations and claimed to have traveled into the spirit world. Onisaburo met the founder of Omot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deguchi Onisaburō
, born Kisaburō Ueda 上田 喜三郎 (1871–1948) was a Japanese religious leader. Together with his mother-in-law Nao Deguchi, he was one of the two spiritual leaders of the Oomoto religious movement in Japan. While Nao Deguchi is the of Oomoto, Onisaburo Deguchi is the . Biography Onisaburo had studied Honda Chikaatsu's ''Spirit Studies'' (''Honda Reigaku'') and also learned to mediate spirit possession (''chinkon kishin'' 鎮魂帰神) from Honda's disciple in Shimizu, Shizuoka. Starting from March 1, 1898, he followed a hermit named Matsuoka Fuyō (松岡芙蓉), who was a messenger of the kami Kono-hana-saku-ya-hime-no-mikoto (木花咲耶姫命), to a cave on Mount Takakuma near Kameoka, Kyoto, where Onisaburo performed intense ascetic training for one week. While enduring cold weather with only a cotton robe, as well as hunger and thirst, Onisaburo received divine revelations and claimed to have traveled into the spirit world. Onisaburo met the founder of Omotokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sect Shinto
refers to several independently organized Shinto groups that were excluded by Japanese law in 1882 from government-run State Shinto. Compared to mainstream Shrine Shinto, which focuses primarily on rituals, these independent groups have a more developed theology. Many such groups are organized under the . Before World War II, Sect Shinto consisted of 13 denominations, which were referred to as the 13 Shinto schools. Since then, there have been additions to and withdrawals from membership. Whereas Shrine Shinto is an aggregation of various shrines and customary beliefs in different parts of Japan (which became united under the Ise Grand Shrine after the Meiji period), Sect Shinto is based on the () school of philosophy. Tenrikyo was categorized as Sect Shinto but is often considered a separate monotheistic religion. History While its roots are in the late Edo period, Sect Shinto became more firmly established in the Meiji era after the Meiji Restoration. Its formation was sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reikai Monogatari
''Reikai Monogatari'' (霊界物語, ''Tales of the Spirit World'' or ''Tales from the Spirit World'') is a religious text consisting of various tales. It was dictated by Onisaburo Deguchi (出口王仁三郎), the co-founder of the Japanese religious organization Oomoto. ''Reikai Monogatari'' consists of 81 volumes of 83 books,『「みろくの世」－出口王仁三郎の世界－』p57 as Volume 64 is composed of two books, and a special edition book about Onisaburo Deguchi's expedition to Mongolia. The first 72 volumes were written between 1921 and 1926, and the remaining 9 volumes written between 1933 and 1934. Some devout Oomoto followers will read through the entire work, which often takes one year. Reading the text out aloud is believed to confer spiritual benefits. Contents Unlike conventional religious scriptures, ''Reikai Monogatari'' is in the form of a novel.『出口なお王仁三郎の予言・確言』p232 Onisaburo stated that in order to introduce the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michi No Shiori
is a religious text written by Onisaburo Deguchi, the co-founder of the Japanese religious organization Oomoto. Composed in 1904 and published in 1905, it was one of Onisaburo Deguchi's earliest written works. Contents was first published in May 1905 as a series of 14 volumes composed by Onisaburo Deguchi in 1904 at Ayabe. In 1925, these 14 volumes were republished as a single book. explains that the various are manifestations of the single Great Source (Supreme God of the Universe). It also contains criticisms of the Russo-Japanese War. The current Japanese-language edition is a 1985 revision of the 1925 edition. The 1985 edition has 4 parts: *Part 1 (3 sections) *Part 2 (3 sections) *Part 3 (2 sections) *Part 4 (3 sections) Translations An abridged international edition of with 792 numbered paragraphs has been translated into Esperanto, and subsequently from the Esperanto edition into Brazilian Portuguese and English. *Esperanto: ''Diaj Vojsignoj'' (1997), translated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinkon Kishin
is a Japanese religious practice that consists of two components, (, i.e. meditation) and (, i.e. spirit possession). It originated in Japan during the 19th century and was first taught and practiced by Honda Chikaatsu, Chikaatsu Honda. In 1898, Onisaburo Deguchi, the founder of the Oomoto religion, learned ''chinkon kishin'' from Honda's disciple and popularized it during the early 20th century. ''Chinkon kishin'' was widely practiced in Oomoto from 1916 to 1921, during which the phrase began to be widely used. The basic practices of several Shinto-based Japanese new religions are derived from ''chinkon kishin''. ''Chinkon kishin'' is still practiced in more or less its original form in Shintō Tenkōkyo and Ananaikyo, whereas it is highly modified in present-day Oomoto. During ''kishin'', or spirit possession, a mediator known as the ''saniwa'' (:ja:審神者, 審神者) questions the deity in the possessed person (spirit medium), known as the ''kannushi'' (神主) (note th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayabe, Kyoto
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 31,082 in 13,660 households and a population density of 90 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Ayabe is situated in the mountains of Northern Kyoto Prefecture, with the Yura River (Japan), Yura River flowing through the center of the city. Climate Ayabe has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ayabe is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1639 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C. Neighbouring municipalities * Fukui Prefecture ** Ōi, Fukui, Ōi ** Takahama, Fukui, Takahama * Kyoto Prefecture ** Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Fukuchiyama ** Kyōtanba, Kyoto, Kyōtanba ** Maizuru, Kyoto, Maizuru ** Nantan, Kyot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananaikyo
is a Shinto-based (Japanese new religion) derived from Oomoto. Ananaikyo was established by on April 1949 in Shimizu, Shizuoka. It is currently headquartered in Yokosuka in Kakegawa, Shizuoka. History The religion's founder was 1887–1974), who was originally an Oomoto practitioner. Nakano was influenced by Shinto priest and spirit medium (1822–1889) and Honda's disciple (1858–1940). Honda and Nagasawa taught a type of meditation (and/or spirit possession) practice known as (), which is also practiced in Shintō Tenkōkyo and Oomoto. On April 4, 1949, Nakano founded Ananaikyo in Shimizu, Shizuoka. Ananaikyo's original headquarters in Shimizu was located less than 100 meters from (note that has the reading "Yamanashi"), the Shinto shrine where Nagasawa Katsutate had spent most of life practicing at. World Religion Congress During the mid-1950s, Ananaikyo held a series of World Religion Congress meetings at its headquarters in Shimizu, Shizuoka. Reports were publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
