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Mount Misen (Ayabe)
is a mountain in Oyogi-cho (於与岐町), Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan that is considered to be sacred by the Oomoto religion. History and sacred sites on Mount Misen is where the religion's founder, Nao Deguchi, secluded herself in October 19, 1901 (lunar calendar date: September 8, 1901) and received divine revelations (as described in Chapter 10 of Volume 38 in the ''Reikai Monogatari''). Nao Deguchi would perform daily ablutions at a nearby waterfall called Fudo Waterfall, which is also known today as . Osei Jinja and the waterfall are situated near each other, and both of them are located about midway up the mountain. On May 24, 1903 (lunar calendar date: April 28, 1903), Nao Deguchi ascended the mountain again with Onisaburo Deguchi and her daughter Sumiko Deguchi to honor the mountain's deities at on the summit of Mount Misen. According to ''Michi no Shiori'', is located at the foot of the mountain. Access The nearest JR train stations are Magura Station an ... [...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] |
Kyoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture to the east, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture to the south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the west. Kyoto, the capital and largest city, accommodates 57% of the prefecture's total population, with other major cities including Uji, Kameoka, Kyoto, Kameoka, and Maizuru. Kyoto Prefecture is located on the Sea of Japan coast and extends to the southeast towards the Kii Peninsula, covering territory of the former Provinces of Japan, provinces of Yamashiro Province, Yamashiro, Tamba Province, Tamba, and Tango Province, Tango. Kyoto Prefecture is centered on the historic Imperial Court in Kyoto, Imperial capital of Kyoto, and is one of Japan's two "Fu (administrative division), prefectures" using the designation ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oomoto
file:Chouseiden.jpg, 200px, ''Chōseiden'' (長生殿) in Ayabe, Kyoto, Ayabe , also known as , is a religion founded in the 1890s by Nao Deguchi, Deguchi Nao (1836–1918) and Onisaburo Deguchi, Deguchi Onisaburō (1871–1948). Oomoto is typically categorized as a Shinto-based Japanese new religions, 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, Christia ... [...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] |
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] |
Misogi
is a Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body. Misogi is related to another Shinto purification ritual, ''harae''. Thus, both are collectively referred to as . Background Every year, many people take pilgrimages to sacred waterfalls, lakes and rivers, either alone or in small groups, to perform misogi. Mount Ontake, the Kii mountain range and Mount Yoshino are but a few examples of ancient and well known areas for misogi in Japan. In Kyoto, people douse themselves under Kiyomizu-dera, Kiyomizu Temple's ''Otowa no taki'' (Sound-of-Wings) waterfall, although the majority of visitors drink from the waters rather than plunging into them. In the United States, misogi was performed at the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America at the Konryu Myojin no Taki waterfall each morning in the years prior to its closure in 2023. Before encountering misogi, members generally undergo some sort of preliminary purification. Such things as prayers, fasting, or some sort ... [...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] |
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] |
Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group, commonly known as the or simply JR, is a network of railway companies in Japan formed after the Corporate spin-off, division and privatization of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The group comprises six regional Passenger train, passenger railway companies, one Rail freight transport, freight railway company, and two non-service entities. The Japanese National Railway Settlement Corporation, JNR Settlement Corporation assumed much of the debt of the former JNR. The companies of the JR Group operates a significant portion of Japan’s rail services, including intercity routes, commuter lines, and the Shinkansen high-speed rail network. Hokkaido Railway Company, JR Hokkaido, Shikoku Railway Company, JR Shikoku, and Japan Freight Railway Company, JR Freight (JRF) are governed by the , also known as the JR Companies Act, and are overseen by the public Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magura Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Magura Station is served by the Maizuru Line, and is located 15.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . Station layout The station consists of two opposed side platform; each platform has a separate exit and passengers wishing to change platforms must exit the station. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations History Magura Station opened on September 1, 1951. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ... (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2016, the statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umezako Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR West. Lines Umezako Station is served by the Maizuru Line, and is located 8.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . Station layout The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations History Umezako Station opened on November 3, 1904. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ... (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 90 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) Surrounding are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hongū (Ayabe)
, occasionally also known as or , is a sacred hill in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is a , or physical embodiment of a , that is considered by the Oomoto religion to be its primary spiritual center. Mount Hongū is located on the grounds of , a shrine and garden complex which was declared by its founders Nao Deguchi and Onisaburo Deguchi to be the spiritual center of Japan around the turn of the 20th century. History and religious significance According to ''Michi no Shiori'', In 1935, a shrine building complex was destroyed by the police during the Second Oomoto Incident. The shrine building complex was never rebuilt. Geography The main building complexes in are located at the western and northern base of Mount Hongū. The San'in Main Line and Yura River run along the eastern base of the mountain. The summit of Mount Hongū is marked by a spherical stone marker. See also * Mount Misen (Ayabe) *Mount Takakuma () is a sacred mountains, sacred mountain in Anao (� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
