Nakayama Miki
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Nakayama Miki was a nineteenth-century Japanese farmer and religious leader. She is the primary figure of the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo. Tenrikyo followers, who refer to her as Oyasama, believe t
Image from Pictorial History of Modern Japan (Vol. 2) by Sanseidō
Nakayama Omasa (eldest daughter of Nakayama Miki) in her elder years
The first Tenrikyo gathering hall where Nakayama Miki's followers first assembled. The gathering hall has been moved from its original location to the north side of the Tenrikyo Church Headquarters.
The storehouse where Nakayama Miki secluded herself. The storehouse has been moved from its original location to the north side of the Tenrikyo Church Headquarters.
Jiba (Tenrikyo)
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In the Tenrikyo religion, the Jiba, also known as the Ojiba, is the axis mundi where adherents believe that God created humankind. The spot is located in the center of the main sanctuary at Tenrikyo C
Nakayama Miki
…lyrics, choreography and music of the Service, which have become Tenrikyo's scripture and liturgy respectively. She identified what she claimed to be the place where God created human beings and instructed her followers to mark the place with a pillar and perform the liturgy around it, which she believed would advance humankind toward the…
The Tenrikyo Service performed in front of the Jiba.
A sketch of the Inner Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, which contains the Kanrodai