Oomoto (大本, literally "foundation"), also known as Omoto-kyo (大本教) or similar Omoto, is a Japanese religion, often categorized as a new Japanese religion and offshoot of Shinto. The religion was founded, in 1892, by Nao Deguchi. The spiritual leaders of the movement have always been women. Since 2001, the movement has been guided by its fifth leader, Kurenai Deguchi. ShinshÅ«kyō ) are new religious movements in Japan. ... Shinto() is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Since the time of its second spiritual leader, Onisaburo Deguchi, the constructed language Esperanto has played a major role in the Oomoto religion. Starting in 1924, the religion has published books and magazines in Esperanto and this continues today. Almost all of the 45,000 active members of Oomoto have studied some Esperanto, and around 1,000 are fluent in the language. Onisaburo Deguchi (1871-1948) was one of the chief figures of the Omoto religious movement in Japan. ... An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture the way natural languages do. ... Look up Esperanto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up Esperanto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

From 1925 until 1933 Oomoto maintained a mission in Paris. From there, missionaries travelled throughout Europe, spreading the word that Onisaburo Deguchi was a Messiah or Maitreya, who would unify the world. From 1935 to 1942 the movement experienced severe persecutions in Japan and did not have the right to act, but by 1950 the movement had regrouped. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Onisaburo Deguchi (1871-1948) was one of the chief figures of the Omoto religious movement in Japan. ... In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ Standard Hebrew Arabic: Al-Masih, المسيح), Tiberian Hebrew , Aramaic ) initially meant any person who was anointed by a prophet of God. ... Maitreya Bodhisattva (Sanskrit), Metteyya Bodhisatta (Pāli), or Miroku Bosatsu (Japanese, kanji 弥勒) is the future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Oomoto has two major centers near Kyoto city. In Ayabe there is a temple for religious services, and in Kameoka is a mission in a large park (former site of Kameoka Castle) that includes offices, schools, a publishing house, and shrines. This article is about the city Kyoto. ... Ayabe (綾部市; -shi) is a city located in Kyoto, Japan. ... Kameoka (亀岡市; -shi) is a city located in Kyoto, Japan. ...

Art has an important role in Oomoto. The members wish to beautify the world by art, and believe that art brings humans closer to the divine.

Members of Oomoto believe in several gods. The most important are Ookunitokotachi, Ushitora, and Hitsujisaru, but the creator of Esperanto, L. L. Zamenhof, is also considered a god. However, all of these gods, including Zamenhof, are believed to be aspects of a single Master God. Look up Esperanto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... L. L. Zamenhof Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer, Ludwik Łazarz) Zamenhof (December 15, 1859 – April 14, 1917) was an eye doctor, philologist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken and successful constructed language in the world. ...

The Oomoto members also tend to recognize notable religious figures from other religions, such as kami. Megami redirects here. ...

One of the more well-known followers of Oomoto is Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the martial art Aikido. It is commonly thought that Ueshiba's increasing attachment to pacifism in later years and belief that Aikido should be an "art of peace" were inspired by his involvement with the sect. Oomoto priests oversee a ceremony in Ueshiba's honor every April 29th at the Aiki Shrine at Iwama. Morihei Ueshiba 植芝盛平 (December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a famous martial artist and founder of aikido. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Aikido is a modern Japanese budō, developed by Morihei Ueshiba between the 1920s and the 1960s primarily from Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu. ... Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... In the early 1960s, Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba erected the Aiki Shrine in Iwama, Ibaragi Prefecture. ... Rice fields at Iwama Ofudosama purification cascade Main Street of Iwama Iwama is a small village located at 100 km North East of Tokyo, near the town of Mito, in the prefecture of Ibaraki. ...

Further reading

• Emily Groszos Ooms Women and Millenarian Protest in Meiji Japan: Deguchi Nao and Omotokyo, Cornell University, 1993. ISBN 0-939657-61-9

• Bankyo Dokon - Seventy Years of Inter-Religious Activity at Oomoto, Oomoto Foundation, 1997

• Nao Deguchi - A Biography of the Foundress of Oomoto, Based on Kaiso-den by Sakae Ôishi, translated by Charles Rowe and Yasuko Matsudaira, Oomoto Foundation, 1982

• The Great Onisaburo Deguchi, by Kyotaro Deguchi, translated by Charles Rowe, ISBN 4-900586-54-4

• Nordenstorm, L. Ômotos mission på esperanto. En japansk ny religion i förändring från kiliastisk Maitreyaförväntan till religionsdialog. (The Ômoto-Mission in Esperanto. A Japanese new religion changing from chiliastic Ma-itreya-awaiting to religious dialogue.) Esperantoförlaget/Eldona Societo Esperanto. Stockholm, 2002. In Swedish with summaries in English and in Esperanto.

• "A Portrait of Oomoto, The Way of Art, Spirit and Peace in the 21st Century", by Bill Roberts, published by The Oomoto Foundation, ISBN 4-88756-069-9

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External links

• Oomoto (Official site)
• Oomoto (at www.tryte.com.br)