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
News article covering the First Oomoto Incident in 1921
Ananaikyo is a Shinto-based shinshūkyō derived from Oomoto. Ananaikyo was established by Yonosuke Nakano on April 1949 in Shimizu, Shizuoka. It is currently headquartered in Yokosuka in Kakegawa, Shiz
Yonosuke Nakano (中野與之助), the founder of Ananaikyō, during the early 1950s
Ananaikyo's former headquarters at Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture
The entrance to Ananaikyo's current headquarters at Yokosuka, Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture