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Ōkanmichi
おうかんみち
TypeTenrikyo-derived Japanese new religion
ScriptureOfudesaki, Mikagura-uta
TheologyMonotheistic
LanguageJapanese
HeadquartersNasu District, Tochigi Prefecture.
FounderEgami Toshitane (江上寿胤)
Origin18 April 1946
Separated fromTenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho

Ōkanmichi (Japanese: おうかんみち) is a Tenrikyo-based shinshūkyō (Japanese new religion) that was organized by its founder, Egami Toshitane (江上寿胤), as a successor organization of Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho.[1] It is currently based in Nasu District, Tochigi Prefecture.

History

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Ōkanmichi was formed after a hiatus of the disbandment of the previous religious sect, Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho, in 1939 and upon the death of the founder of the said previous religious sect, Yamada Umejirō (山田梅次郎), in 1941.[n 1][3] Egami Toshitane was one of Yamada Umejirō's followers and re-established Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho as a tenkeisha (divine revelator), just like Yamada Umejirō, with the title, Hyōtan no Ki Kanrodai (ひょうたんの木甘露台).[4] Egami Toshitane initially started proselytising in Tokyo right after the end of the Pacific War[n 2] and eventually moved the headquarters to Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 1973.[5]

Before its headquarters moved to a new location, there were numerous name changes of his organization until it became Ōkanmichi in 1960. The list of name changes are:[6]

  • Ichiretsukai (一列会) in 1947
  • Tsukihi Kyōkai (月日教会) in 1948
  • Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho Ōkanmichi Kyōkai (天理神の口明場所大還道教会) in 1955
  • Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho Ōkanmichi Kyō (天理神の口明場所おうかんみち教) in 1955
  • Ōkanmichi (おうかんみち) in 1960

Ōkanmichi means broad path, a term from the Ofudesaki.[7]

Egami Toshitane died in 1971 and was interred in Ōkanmichi Mausoleum (おうかんみち霊廟, Ōkanmichi Reibyō) within the headquarters.[8]

Publications

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  • Kami no Jiyū-Yō Ezu Ōgi (神之自由用絵図奥儀) by Egami Toshitane[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Yamada Umejirō was also a former follower of Tenri Sanrinkō and Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho before founding his own religion.[2]
  2. ^ Egami Toshitane's declaration of being the tenkeisha (divine revelator) on 18 April 1946 marked the beginning of Ōkanmichi.

Further reading

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  • Yumiyama, Tatsuya [in Japanese]. "Ōkanmichi". Kokugakuin Digital Museum. Tokyo.
  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ Yumiyama "… Yamada Umejirō (1875-1941) … had founded an organization together with a religious center, the Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho … After Yamada Umejirō's death in 1941, his associates sought to establish an independent religious movement, and one of them, Egami Toshitane (1904-71) … [f]orming a new group called Ichiretsukai …"
  2. ^ Matsui (page 74) "17)1933(昭和8)年に天理三輪講に入信し，その翌年には天理三輪講からその年に独立した天理神之打開場所に入信している。" [17) (Yamada Umejirō) joined Tenri Sanrinkō in 1933, then Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho was organized as a separate sect from Tenri Sanrinkō in 1934 and he joined it during that same year.]
  3. ^ Yumiyama "… and on December 23, 1937, after just one year of activities, he [Yamada Umejirō] had founded an organization together with a religious center, the Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho (lit., "place of origin of the god of Tenri [principle of heaven]") … . The next year, however, associates of his were arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order Act (Chian ijihō) and in 1939 the organization was forcibly dissolved. After Yamada Umejirō's death in 1941, …"
  4. ^ Matsui (page 72) "ところがこれらの諸教団の中で明確に自己が天啓者であることを主張しているのは，おうかんみちの江上寿胤(「ひょうたんの木甘露台」)だけであり，むしろ例外的とさえ言えるのである。それどころか甘露台霊理斯道会のように天啓者の存在を明確に否定する教団も誕生している。" [However, among the (Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho-derived) sects, only (Hyōtan no Ki Kanrodai) Egami Toshitane of Ōkanmichi claims that he was a tenkeisha (divine revelator), making it arguably an exception. Even a sect like Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai clearly does not recognize the existence of a tenkeisha.]
  5. ^ Yumiyama "Forming a new group called Ichiretsukai, he [Egami Toshitane] began proselytising activities in Tokyo. Within the movement, this incident is known as the Ri no seshū ("inheritance of the principle of heaven," namely, inheritance of the mantle of authority to Tenrikyō). Since then, the name of the movement has changed numerous times, until it became fixed on its present name in 1960. The group registered as a legal religious corporation in 1952. Its sacred center was established at Nasu, and in 1973 its head offices were also moved there."
  6. ^ Inoue, Nobutaka, ed. (1996). 新宗教教団・人物亊典 [Dictionary Of Organizations And Figures In New Religions] (in Japanese). Tokyo: KOUBUNDOU Publishers Inc. p. 30. ISBN 978-4335160288. 【名称の変遷】昭和一二年天理神之口明場所、二二年一列会、二三年月日教会、三○年天理神の口明場所大還道教会、三二年天理神の口明場所おうかんみち教、三五年おうかんみち。 [Change of Name: Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho in 1937, Ichiretsukai in 1947, Tsukihi Kyōkai in 1948, Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho Ōkanmichi Kyōkai in 1955, Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho Ōkanmichi Kyō in 1957, Ōkanmichi in 1960.]
  7. ^ ""Broad Path" (Okan michi)". Tenrikyo. Tenri: Tenrikyo Overseas Department. January 2007. This is a scriptural term that is part of the metaphor of the "path," which refers to the process of making progress in faith. The Ofudesaki speaks of how following a narrow path will lead one to the broad path or the main path (I:45-50; IV:74-75).
  8. ^ "江上寿胤" [Egami Toshitane] (in Japanese).
  9. ^ "神之自由用絵図奥儀" [Kami no Jiyū-Yō Ezu Ōgi]. Nihon no Furuhonya (日本の古本屋) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolis Old Book Trading Co-Operative. Archived from the original on 2025-06-24.
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