Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama
 A torii at Fudo Falls, a holy spot for Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 60,000 | |
| Founder | |
| Tazawa Seishirō | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Japan | |
| Hiranai | 300[1] |
| Languages | |
| Japanese | |
| Website | |
| http://www.yamatoyama.jp/ | |
Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama (松緑神道大和山) is a Shintō-derived religious movement headquartered in the town of Hiranai in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
History[edit]
Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama originates from Tazawa Seishirō's dedication of a shrine in 1919 to a Yama-no-Kami after he witnessed extraordinary astronomical phenomena and heard divine voices; however, he officially began the organization in January 1930. It established its headquarters at an isolated tract of land in the mountains of Hiranai in 1969.[1] By 1999 the sect had garnered over 60 thousand adherents, primarily from Hokkaido and the Tōhoku region.[2]
A private school run by the movement gained national attention for its use of the deprecated Imperial Rescript on Education in its curriculum.[3] A part of the group's headquarters burned down on 21 March 2021.[4][5]
Theology[edit]
Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama is a Shintō-derived religious movement that has been strongly influenced by Oomoto and eschatological thoughts potentially inspired from Augustinianism.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Yumiyama, Tatsuya. "Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugakuin University.
He [Tazawa Seishirō] also visited the headquarters of Ōmoto at Ayabe (in Kyoto Prefecture) and stayed for three days in June 1920.
- ^ a b Kisala, Robert (1999). Prophets of Peace: Pacifism and Cultural Identity in Japan's New Religions. University of Hawaii Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0824822675.
Seichirō's eschatological beliefs and Yasusaburō's contact with Christian theology, as taught by Uchimura Kanzō, greatly influenced the Yamatomaya's doctrine, codified in the writings of Yasusaburō in the postwar period. The less than optimistic—one could say Augustinian—view of human nature alluded to above gives us a clear example of these influences.
- ^ "Moritomo scandal spotlights use of nationalistic 1890 rescript in schools". Mainichi Shimbun. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "青森県の宗教法人で建物火災 礼拝堂が半焼..." [A building fire at a religious group in Aomori Prefecture. The chapel is half-burnt down...]. Yahoo! Japan News (in Japanese). 21 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "松緑神道大和山の礼拝堂が半焼" [A building of Shōroku Shinto Yamatoyama was burnt]. The Tō-Ō Nippō Press (in Japanese). 21 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
External links[edit]
Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama (Official website)