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also known as is a sect founded in 1892 by Deguchi Nao (1836–1918), often categorised as a new Japanese religion originated from Shinto. The spiritual leaders of the movement have predominantly been women; however, Deguchi Onisaburō (1871–1948) has been considered an important figure in Omoto as a ''seishi'' (spiritual teacher). Since 2001, the movement has been guided by its fifth leader, Kurenai Deguchi. ==History== Deguchi Nao, a housewife from the tiny town of Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, declared that she had a "spirit dream" at the Japanese New Year in 1892, becoming possessed (''kamigakari'') by Ushitora no Konjin and starting to transmit his words. According to the official Oomoto biography of Deguchi, she came from a family which had long been in poverty, and had pawned nearly all of her possessions to feed her children and invalid husband. Deguchi was certainly not an otherwise famous figure, and independent accounts of her do not exist. After 1895, and with a growing number of followers, she became a teacher of the Konkōkyō religion. In 1898 she met Ueda Kisaburō who had previous studies in ''kamigakari'' (spirit possession), and in 1899 they established the ''Kinmeikai'', which became the ''Kinmei Reigakkai'' later in the same year. In 1900 Kisaburō married Nao’s fifth daughter Sumi and adopted the name Deguchi Onisaburō. Omoto was thus established based on Nao's automatic writings (''Ofudesaki'') and Onisaburō’s spiritual techniques. Since 1908 the group has taken diverse names — ''Dai Nihon Shūseikai'', ''Taihonkyō'' (1913) and ''Kōdō Ōmoto'' (1916). Later the movement changed from ''Kōdō Ōmoto'' ("great origin of the imperial way") to just Ōmoto ("great origin") and formed the ''Shōwa Seinenkai'' in 1929 and the ''Shōwa Shinseikai'' in 1934. Asano Wasaburō, a teacher at , attracted various intellectuals and high-ranking military officials to the movement in 1916. By 1920 the group had their own newspaper, the ''Taishō nichinichi shinbun'', and started to expand overseas. A great amount of its popularity derived from a method of inducing spirit possession called ''chinkon kishin'', which was most widely practiced from 1919 to 1921. Following a police crackdown, Onisaburō banned ''chinkon kishin'' in 1923. The first "Omoto incident" (''Ōmoto jiken''), in 1921, was a government intervention. This was followed in 1935 by the "Second Ōmoto Incident", which left its headquarters destroyed and its leaders in captivity. The promotion of ''kokutai'' and the Imperial Way resulted in the sect being condemned for worshipping figures other than Amaterasu, which detracted from the figure of the emperor.〔James L. McClain, ''Japan: A Modern History'' p 469 ISBN 0-393-04156-5〕 After World War II, the organization reappeared as ''Aizen’en'', a movement dedicated to achieve world peace, and with that purpose it was registered in 1946 under the Religious Corporations Ordinance. In 1949 Ōmoto joined the World Federalist Movement and the world peace campaign. In 1952 the group returned to its older name, becoming the religious corporation Ōmoto under the Religious Corporations Law. At present time, the movement has its headquarters at Kyoto Prefecture and has a nominal membership of approximately 170,000. There is a temple for religious services in Ayabe, and a mission in a large park on the former site of Kameoka Castle that includes offices, schools, a publishing house, and shrines in Kameoka. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oomoto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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