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The Cult Dossier · No. 040 · Syncretic / Other Nrm
Ōmoto and the Japanese New Religions
Ōmotokyō
1892 – present · Ayabe and Kameoka, Japan
IV. THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
Fully religious — Shinto-derived new religion
### Who led it
### What it worshipped and taught
### Who was in it
### How it ended, or where it stands
### The dead
### Of note
### Its timeline
- 1892 Nao's initial possession at Ayabe.
- 1899 Onisaburō joins and marries Nao's daughter Sumi.
- 1921 FIRST ŌMOTO INCIDENT. Onisaburō arrested for lèse-majesté; the state dynamites Ōmoto buildings.
- 1924 Onisaburō's Mongolian adventure — he crosses into Mongolia claiming to be a reincarnation of Genghis Khan; nearly executed by Chinese forces.
- 8 December 1935 SECOND ŌMOTO INCIDENT. The most thorough religious suppression in modern Japanese history: roughly 3,000 arrests, the movement outlawed, and its headquarters at Ayabe and Kameoka systematically dynamited — the state even required the sect to pay for the demolition.
- 1945 Religious freedom restored under the Occupation; Ōmoto reconstituted.
- 1945 THE SECOND ŌMOTO INCIDENT ENDS IN COMPLETE ACQUITTAL in the Japanese courts — the state destroyed the sect’s buildings, and then lost the case.
- 1946 Restarts under a new name, AIZEN-EN, the Garden of Love and Virtue.
- 1952 Resumes the name ŌMOTO as a religious corporation under the Religious Corporations Law. NAOHI DEGUCHI, Onisaburō’s eldest daughter, becomes THIRD SPIRITUAL LEADER and rebuilds the movement.
- 1990 KIYOKO DEGUCHI, Naohi’s third daughter, becomes FOURTH SPIRITUAL LEADER.
- 2001–present KURENAI DEGUCHI leads as the FIFTH SPIRITUAL LEADER. Headquarters in Kyoto Prefecture; nominal membership around 170,000.
### Its people
### Onisaburō Deguchi
Ueda Kisaburō
Co-leader, Ōmoto · 12 August 1871 – 19 January 1948 · active 1899–1948
Before the law. Imprisoned twice for lèse-majesté and violation of the Peace Preservation Law. Convictions voided after the war.
Where things stand. Deceased 1948. Ōmoto survives as a small peaceful religion and is the template for most Japanese new religions.
- 1899 Joins Ōmoto; marries Nao's daughter Sumi.
- 1921 First Ōmoto Incident — arrested for lèse-majesté; buildings dynamited.
- 1924 The Mongolian expedition; nearly executed.
- 8 December 1935 Second Ōmoto Incident — ~3,000 arrests; movement outlawed and demolished.
- 1945 Released; religious freedom restored under the Occupation.
- 19 January 1948 Dies.
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### Nao Deguchi
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Founder and original visionary, Ōmoto · 16 January 1837 – 6 November 1918 · active 1892–1918
Before the law. Confined as insane by her family in the early years of the possession.
Where things stand. Deceased 1918.
- 1892 First possession at Ayabe, aged 55.
- 1892–1918 Writes ~200,000 pages of scripture while illiterate.
- 1899 Onisaburō joins and marries her daughter Sumi.
- 6 November 1918 Dies aged 81.
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