Hinomoto Shinseikō

Hinomoto Shinseikō
日の本神誠講
HeadquartersNerima, Tokyo
FounderOkamoto Tsue (岡本ツエ)
Origin1941
Members947 in 2025[1]

Hinomoto Shinseikō (Japanese: 日の本神誠講) is a Tenrikyo-based Sect Shinto[1] shinshūkyō (Japanese new religion) that was organized by its founder, Okamoto Tsue (岡本ツエ)[n 1], as a successor organization of Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho.[3] The name means Hinomoto Divine Sincerity Fraternity with the additional context of hinomoto (日の本) meaning the country of Japan.[4] It is currently based in Nerima, Tokyo jointly operating with Musashino Inari Shrine.[5]

History

Hinomoto Shinseikō was founded in 1941 by a former Tenrikyo instructor, Okamoto Tsue.[6] Like Ōkanmichi, it is one of the successor religious sects of Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho.[7] Hinomoto Shinseikō is unique for being organized before the end of the Pacific War.[n 2] This was the time when Yamada Umejirō (山田梅次郎), the founder and leader of Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho and the mentor of Okamoto[8], was persecuted under the Peace Preservation Law. Another new religion based on Yamada's religious tradition that is also headquartered in Tokyo is Tsukihi Ōkanmichi (月日大還道). Before relocating the religious organization's headquarters to Nerima, they were briefly settled in Higashi-jujo, Kita.[9]

Hinomoto Shinseikō was registered under the Religious Corporation Law on 14 May 1952.[10]

The Founder

Okamoto Tsue (10 February 1899 — 27 July 1985) was born in Innaiginzan-chō[n 3], Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture.[11] She relocated to Tokyo, married at eighteen, and joined a Tenrikyo branch church in Takinogawa, Kita after receiving a divine inspriation when she was nineteen years old.[12][13] She followed a similar progress of receiving divine revelations (tenkei) similar to her mentor, Yamada Umejirō. Her religious career involved becoming a Tenrikyo missionary worker[n 4] after her training 1927, then becoming a follower of Tenri Honmichi (today's Honmichi)[14], and eventually became a follower and protégée of Yamada Umejirō in 1937.[13] Just like Yamada Umejirō, Okamoto's activities centered around blessing and healing of her followers by utilizing ceremonies like ōgi no sazuke (扇の伺い, prayer offering of the fan) and iki no sazuke (息の授け, healing offering of the breath).

Current Status

Okamoto's successor is her daughter, Shiraishi Yoshiko (白石よし子).[5]

In 2019, Hinomoto Shinseikō sold its parking lot for a residential complex as a real estate redevelopment project.[15][16] The construction of the residential complex was complete in 2021 and bears the name, Musashino Residence (武蔵野レジデンス).[17][18]

Seishōdō Kyōdan (聖正道教団), founded by Sada Yae in 1946, is a successor organization of Hinomoto Shinseikō.

Doctrine

  • Similar to Tenrikyo-based new religion in Tokyo, Karodai, it does not perform any active missionary works.[5]
  • Its teachings have a strong salvationist characteristics.[19]
  • It has noticeable reference to Shrine Shinto mythology.[20]
  • Jūttenjō-no-Ōkami (十天上大神, 十天上王神) is the central deity whose status is above the traditional ten gods.[n 5][21]
  • The cememonies, ōgi no sazuke and iki no sazuke, are performed and chanting Namu Kanrodai, Namu Kanrodai (南無甘露台、南無甘露台) is a regular occurance.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ She called herself the seventh divine revelator since Nakayama Miki. Nakayama Miki was the founder of Tenrikyo.[2]
  2. ^ Other Tenrikyo-based sects that were founded during the Pacific War are Kami Ichijokyo and Sekai Shindokyo.
  3. ^ Today, it became a part of the city of Yuzawa.
  4. ^ Her rank was gonkundō (権訓導) of the Kyōdō Shoku missionary hierarchy that was common among Sect Shinto traditions before the end of the Pacific War.
  5. ^ The ten gods are traditionally referenced in Tenrikyo's ten aspects of God's providence.

References

  1. ^ a b 宗敎年鑑（令和７年版） [Religion Almanac (2025 Ed.)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Agency for Cultural Affairs. 2025. p. 60. （教派神道系）／項目：日の本神誠講／信者：９４７ [(Sect Shinto) / Entry: Hinomoto Shinseikō / Followers: 947]
  2. ^ GHQ/SCAP Records (page 4) "Following his doctrinal tradition, she calls herself the seventh divine revelator since NAKAYAMA MIKI, founder of the Tenrikyo Sect."
  3. ^ Yumiyama, Tatsuya [in Japanese]. "Ōkanmichi". Kokugakuin Digital Museum. Tokyo. A number of other religious groups have been established by followers of the Tenrikami Kuchiake Basho and by Baijirō's offspring; some of these include the Hinomoto Shinseikō (founded by Okamoto Tsue)…
  4. ^ GHQ/SCAP Records
  5. ^ a b c d "Yumiyama (page 258) …扇を用いて人間魂を神魂に切り換え、悪しき因縁を断切る業や、息を吹きかけて病を癒やす業などで救済を行う。次第に各地に講ができ、二五年に宗教法人となるときに教団名が定まる。二七年に練馬区の現在地に本部が移り、のち境内に武蔵野稲荷神社が併設され、この神社は四三年に宗教法人となっている。六〇年にツエが死去すると娘の白石よし子が教主となる。現在でもツエの業を継承した教師が、参拝者の頼みに応じて、扇を持って神の言葉を取次ぎ、「南無甘露台、南無甘露台」と唱えながら扇で体を叩き、求められれば、息を吹き掛けている。とくに積極的な布教はしていない。" [… performing salvations such as using a fan to convert a human soul into a holy soul (ōgi no sazuke), severing bad relationships, and healing illnesses through a breath (iki no sazuke). Gradually there were [doctrinal] lectures in many areas and the name of the organization was decided when it became a religious corporation in 1950. The headquarters were moved to Nerima City [of Tokyo] in 1952 and it was established alongside with Musashino Inari Jinja; the Inari shrine in question registered as a religious corporation in 1967. After Okamoto passed away in 1985, her daughter, Shiraishi Yoshiko, became the leader. Even today, the instructors answer the requests from followers and wave fans while uttering the words of god, shouting "Namu Kanrodai, Namu Kanrodai", and hitting (the followers') bodies with their fans, even blowing breaths by request. It especially does not perform any active missionary activities.]
  6. ^ Ōshima (大島), Tatehiko (建彦) [in Japanese] (2001-06-01). 日本の神仏の辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Shinto & Buddhism] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten. p. 1091. ISBN 978-4469012682. 【日の本神誠講】元天理教教師の岡本ツエが、昭和一六年(一九四一)に天啓を受けたことに始まる。敗戦後、ツエは神意の取次ぎや、悪しき因縁を断ち切る業や、息を吹きかけて病を癒す業などで救済を行う。本部は東京都練馬区栄町。公称信者数約二〇〇〇。(弓山達也) [Hinomoto Shinseikō: This religious organization started in 1941 the former Tenrikyo instructor, Okamoto Tsue, received divine revelations (tenkei). After the end of the Pacific War, Tsue helped people by becoming a spiritual medium, fixing their negative fates, and healing them with her breathe. The headquarters is located in Sakae-chō, Nerima, Tokyo. The official number of followers is around 2000. (by Yumiyama Tatsuya)]
  7. ^ Matsui (松井), Keisuke (圭介) (March 2000). "カリスマの継承からみた天理教系教団の分派形成 : 場所の宗教と天啓者の宗教" [Formation of New Sects from Tenri-kyo Focusing on the Succession to Charismas: Religion of Place and Religion of Revelator] (PDF). Tsukuba Studies in Human Geography (筑波大学人文地理学研究) (in Japanese). 25. Tsukuba: 55–76. 19 梅次郎の次女のそめは戰後，月日三世の道真知岳本部を開設。同じく次男の金治は神和教会を開いた。 信者たちのなかでは，岡本ツエによる日の本神誠講，江上寿胤によるおうかんみち，梅次郎から「甘露水授け」を受けた深沢まつ枝と上西カズエはそれぞれおうかんみちか独立し，そめとともに月日三世の道真知岳本部開設した。 [19 The second daughter of Umejirō, Some, established Tsukihi Sansei no Michi Machitake Honbu. Similarly, the second son, Kinji, established Shinwa Kyōkai. Among the adherents, Hinomoto Shinseikō by Okamoto Tsue; Ōkanmichi by Egami Toshitane; and Tsukihi Sansei no Michi Machitake Honbu by Fukuzawa Matsue and Uenishi Kazue, who received the 'kanromizu sazuke' from Umejirō and declared independence from Ōkanmichi, together with Some.]
  8. ^ GHQ/SCAP Records (page 4) "The founder OKAMOTO Tsue fell under the divine inspiration as early as nineteen years old. Afterwards she received a religious instruction from YAMADA UMEJIRO [山田梅次郎] of the TENRIHONMICHI residing in Nagoya City."
  9. ^ GHQ/SCAP Records (page 1) "Location of Headquarters: 1, 1-chome Higashi-jujo, Kita City, Tokyo [東京都北区東十条1丁目2]"
  10. ^ Yumiyama (page 257) "日の本神誠講　【所在地】〒１７６－０００６　東京都練馬区栄町一○—一　【電話】○三—三九九一—一三五六　【創始者】岡本ツエ（初代教主～昭和六〇年死去）　【後継者】白石よし子（昭和六〇年・教主，現）　【信者数】一六四九人＊　【教師数】三三人＊　【法人数】二＊　【法人関係】昭和二五年七月一一日宗教法人令による宗教法人、二八年五月一四日宗教法人法による宗教法人。　【概要】元天理教教師の岡本ツエが、天理神之口明場所に入信、さらに昭和一六年（一九四一）にみずから天啓を受けたことに始まる。敗戦後、ツエは東京の東十条を拠点に、ここを十天上王神天下り場所として、…" [Hinomoto Shinseikō; Address – Sakae-chō 10-1, Nerima City, Tokyo 176-0006; Phone Number – 03-3991-1356; Founder – Okamoto Tsue (first leader ~ died in 1985); Successor – Shiraishi Yoshiko (1985 as leader, current); Number of Followers – 1,649; Number of Instructors – 33; Number of Corporations – 2; Corporate Status – becoming a religious corporation on 11 July 1950 based on the old religious corporation law, becoming a religious corporation on 14 May 1952 based on the new religious corporation law; Summary – Okamoto, the former Tenrikyo instructor, joined Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho and received tenkei (divine revelation) by herself in 1941. After the Pacific War, Tsue settled in Higashijūjō [Kita City], Tokyo, as a base claiming the location where Jūttenjō-no-Ōkami landed from heaven, …]
  11. ^ Yumiyama (page 388) "岡本ツエ（日の本神誠講）　明治三二年（一八九九）二月一〇日～昭和六〇年（一九八五）九月二七日　【出生】秋田県雄勝郡院内銀山町生。" [Okamoto Tsue (Hinomoto Shinseikō): 10 February 1899 ~ 27 July 1985 Birthplace: Innaiginzan-chō, Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture.]
  12. ^ 宗教集覧 [Religion Collection (Republished)] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kress Publishing (クレス出版). 2005. 日の本神誠講…②　教主　岡本ツエ…１８才で結婚、最初のこどもをなくしたことから信仰の道に入り、滝野川の天理教支教会に入り，次いで奈良県丹波市町天理教校へ入学した。権訓導補任。昭和２年には同教から遠ざかつたが、１１年十天上の神がツエにお降りになり、名古屋の人故山田梅次郎から伝えられた「扇の伺い」によつて、多くの人に「助け一条」の道を教えてきたが、… [Hinomoto Shinseikō … ② Leader: Okamoto Tsue … at the age of eighteen, she was married and pursued a path of religion due to the death of her first-born child, later attended the Tenrikyo branch church in Takinogawa [in today's Kita City], and finally attended a Tenrikyo School Tabaichi-chō (today's central part of Tenri), Nara Prefecture. She was appointed as a gonkundō. She initity did not stray away from her faith in 1927 [the year of attending the Tenrikyo School], but was possessed by the deity (十天上の神) in 1937, eventually received 'ōgi no sazuke' (扇の伺い) from Yamada Umejirō of Nagoya and offered the way of 'tasuke ichijō' (助け一条) to many people, …]
  13. ^ a b GHQ/SCAP Records (pages 5-6) "After graduation for a primary school at her birthplace, she went up to Tokyo and was married to OKAMOTO, when she was eighteen years old. At the age of nineteen she fell under the divine inspiration. After entering the Tenrikyo Sect she was engaged in the relief service of this sect. In 1927 she entered the Tenrikyo School to study a special course and was granted a licen[s]e on missionary work. In 1937, she received one month training from Yamada Umejiro [山田梅次郎] in Nagoya City. Since then she had been in the service of propagation of the TENRIHONMICHI [天理本道] principle and in 1950 she established a separate sect called the "HINOMOTO SHINSEIKO [日の本神誠講]"."
  14. ^ GHQ/SCAP Records (page 2) "OKAMOTO Tsue [岡本ツエ], founder of this sect, studied the special course of the Tenrikyo School [天理教枝別科], receiving a permission on the service of missionary. But [her] faith seems to come from Onishi Aijiro's principle, founder of "TENRI HONMICHI [天理本道] (Tenrikyo Sect Orthodox Way,)" now called "[Honmichi Hombu] (Orthodox Way Headquarters).""
  15. ^ "２０２０年３月期／第２四半期／決算説明会資料" [Data for March 2020 (Second Quarter) Settlement of Accounts Annoucement Conference] (PDF). Takamatsu Group (in Japanese). Osaka: Takamatsu Corporation Co., Ltd. 2019-11-29. 会社名：髙松建設／プロジェクト名：江古田・Ｈマンション／施主名：宗教法人日の本神誠講 [Name of Corporation: Takamatsu Corp. / Name of Project: Ekoda H Mansion / Name of Client: Religious Corporation Hinomoto Shinseikō]
  16. ^ "練馬区：日の本神誠講の共住は髙松建設で" [Nerima City: Residential Complex planned by Hinomoto Shinseikō awarded to Takamatsu Corp.] (in Japanese). Shizuoka & Tokyo: Kentsū Shinbun. 2019-09-18. 【練馬】日の本神誠講（練馬区）は、練馬区栄町地内の共同住宅「江古田ＭＵＳＡＳＨＩＮＯ　ＲＥＳＩＤＥＮＣＥ」の設計・施工を髙松建設東京本店（千代田区）に依頼している。 [Nerima City: Hinomoto Shinseikō (based in Nerima City) requested the planning and construction of the residential complex 'Ekoda Musashino Residence' in the city's Sakae-chō to the Tokyo branch office (based in Chiyoda City) of Takamatsu Corporation.]
  17. ^ "江古田・ＭＵＳＡＳＨＩＮＯ　ＲＥＳＩＤＥＮＣＥ" [Ekoda Musashino Residence]. Kensetsu Data Bank (建設データバンク). 完成：２０２１／０２／２６ [Completion of Construction: 26 February 2021]
  18. ^ "武蔵野レジデンス" [Musashino Residence]. RESIDENT FIRST Co., Ltd. 所在地：東京都練馬区栄町１０－１８ [Location: 10-18 Sakae-chō, Nerima City, Tokyo 176-0006]
  19. ^ SCAP Records (pages 4-5) "Since she believes that the orthodox live has been transmitted to her since the Heavenly God descended on NAKAYAMA MIKI for the first time, she formed this religious group so as to change whole of the Japanese people into Gods at first and, then, to relieve all the human kinds in the Universe from calamities by their force."
  20. ^ GHQ/SCAP Records (page 2) "… the words the founder utters to her believers by "divine inspiration" constitute the doctrine of this sect. For instance, these words are: "Be absolutely obedient to God with your whole heart and soul." "I will help you by changing you from human being to God as if an astringent persimmon is made sweet." "God consists of the YATANO-KAGAMI (Sacred mirror), sword [Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi] and comma-shaped bead [Yasakani no Magatama]. The God of sword being that of air, it will bring up human beings since it is transformed into breath. The sacred mirror symbolizes the sun, while the bead symbolizes the moon as it is the incarnation of Prince KUNITOKOTACHI. These sacred things are sure to cure everyone of any diseases or to save him from any fatalities." This doctrine centers on changing man into God; that is to say, it means that God coming down upon man from heaven, the latter is changed into the former."
  21. ^ GHQ/SCAP Records (page 4) "The chief Gods are called the "JUTENJO-NO-OKAMI [十天上大神] (Great God above ten Heavenly God)." These are the same with the ten Great Gods appearing in the Tenrikyo Sect. All the heavenly and earthly Gods coming down in the divine inspiration, the founder calls herself a body posessed by a variety of Gods."

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