Kokutai
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Kokutai is a concept in the Japanese language translatable as "system of government", "sovereignty", "national identity, essence and character", "national polity; body politic; national entity; basis
The nationalistic essence of kokutai is thought of as the uniqueness of the Japanese polity as issuing from a leader of divine origin.
Oomoto
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Oomoto, also known as Oomoto-kyo, is a religion founded in the 1890s by Deguchi Nao and Deguchi Onisaburō. Oomoto is typically categorized as a Shinto-based Japanese new religion. The spiritual leader
Nao Deguchi, the foundress of Oomoto
Deguchi Onisaburo, the co-founder of Oomoto
Chōseiden (長生殿) in Ayabe
News article covering the First Oomoto Incident in 1921