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Timeline of Tenrikyo

The following is a timeline of the Tenrikyo religion, highlighting significant events since the birth of Tenrikyo's foundress Miki Nakayama. Specific dates are provided in parentheses; the lunar calendar is indicated with ordinal numbers (e.g. 18th day of 4th month) while the Gregorian calendar is indicated with name and number (e.g. August 15).

1700s edit

1798 edit

1800s edit

1810 edit

  • Miki married Nakayama Zenbei of Shoyashiki Village.

1816 edit

1837 edit

  • Miki's son, Shūji, began to suffer from pains in his legs. Nakano Ichibei, a mountain ascetic (shugenja), performed prayer rituals (kitō) over the next twelve months.

1838 edit

  • (23rd day of 10th month) An incantation (yosekaji) was performed for Shūji with Miki as the medium. During the incantation, Miki went into trance and had a revelation from Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto.
  • (26th day of 10th month) Miki was settled as the Shrine of Tsukihi (tsukihi no yashiro), marking the founding of the religious teaching. She remained in seclusion for the next three years.

1853 edit

  • Zenbei died at the age of sixty-six.
  • The main house of the Nakayama residence was dismantled and sold.
  • Kokan, Miki's youngest daughter, went to Naniwa (present-day Osaka) to spread the name of Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto.

1854 edit

  • Miki's daughter, Oharu, gave birth to her first child, marking the beginning of the “Grant of Safe Childbirth” (obiya yurushi).

1857 edit

  • A follower made an offering for the first time.

1864 edit

  • Miki began to bestow the Sazuke to devoted followers.
  • (Fifth month) Iburi Izō of Ichinomoto Village came to see Miki for the first time.
  • The construction of the Place for the Service (tsutome basho) began.

1865 edit

  • The last 7.5 acres of rice fields belonging to the Nakayama family were mortgaged.
  • Miki went to Harigabessho Village to confront Sukezō, who claimed the religious authority in place of Miki.

1866 edit

  • Miki began to compose the Mikagura-uta and teach the songs and hand movements for the first section.
  • Nakayama Shinnosuke, who is to become the first Shinbashira, is born.

1867 edit

  • Shūji obtained official authorization from the Yoshida Administrative Office of Shinto (Yoshida jingi kanryō) to conduct religious activities.
  • Miki taught the songs and hand movements for the fifth section of the Mikagura-uta and instructed the followers over a three-year period.

1869 edit

  • Miki began writing the Ofudesaki, one of Tenrikyo's three scriptures.

1874 edit

  • Miki received the kagura masks for the Kagura Service.
  • Miki began to wear red clothes.

1875 edit

  • The identification of the Jiba (jiba sadame) took place.
  • Miki's daughter Kokan died at age 39.
  • Miki taught the song and hand movements for the third section of the Mikagura-uta and eleven different Services for specific purposes.

1876 edit

  • Shūji obtained a license from Sakai Prefecture to operate a steam bath and an inn in order to allow worshipers to gather without suppression from the police.

1880 edit

  • Tenrin-Ō-Kōsha was formally inaugurated under the auspices of the Jifuku Temple.

1881 edit

  • Shūji died at the age of sixty-one.

1882 edit

  • The steam bath and the inn were closed down. Tenrin-Ō-Kōsha was officially dismissed by the Jifuku Temple.
  • Miki completed the writing of the Ofudesaki.

1885 edit

  • The movement to establish the church (kyōkai setsuritsu undō) began to be conducted with Shinnosuke as the leader.

1887 edit

  • (26th of 1st month) Miki “withdrew from physical life” (utsushimi wo kakushita) at the age of ninety.
  • Iburi Izō became the Honseki and began to deliver divine directions (recorded in the Osashizu) as well as bestow the Sazuke on behalf of Miki.

1888 edit

  • Shintō Tenri Kyōkai was established in Tokyo under the direct supervision of the Shinto Main Bureau. The location was subsequently moved back to present-day Tenri.
  • The Mikagura-uta was officially published by Tenri Kyōkai.

1893 edit

  • Earliest overseas mission which began at Korea.[1] The number of Tenrikyo churches and adherents in Korea would later increase during the early 20th century.[1]

1896 edit

  • The tenth anniversary of the foundress was observed.
  • (April 6) The Home Ministry issued "Directive No. 12" to enforce strict control on Tenri Kyōkai.

1899 edit

  • The movement for sectarian independence (ippa dokuritsu undō) began.

1900s edit

1903 edit

  • Tenrikyō kyōten (The Doctrine of Tenrikyō), also known as Meiji kyōten, was published.

1907 edit

  • Iburi Izō died, marking the end of the Osashizu.

1908 edit

  • Tenri Seminary (Tenri kyōkō) and Tenri Junior High School were founded respectively.
  • Tenrikyō gained sectarian independence from the Shinto Main Bureau.[1]
  • Nakayama Shinnosuke, the first Shinbashira, became the superintendent (艦長 kanchō) of Tenrikyō.

1910 edit

  • Tenrikyo Women's Association (天理教婦人会 Tenrikyō fujinkai) was founded.

1912 edit

1913 edit

  • (December 25) Construction of what is now the North Worship Hall of the Main Sanctuary was completed.

1914 edit

  • Nakayama Shinnosuke, the first Shinbashira, died at the age of forty-eight.

1915 edit

  • Nakayama Shōzen became the superintendent of Tenrikyō at the age of nine. (Yamazawa Tamezō served as the acting superintendent until Shōzen came of age in 1925.)

1918 edit

  • Tenrikyo Young Men's Association (天理教青年会 Tenrikyō seinenkai) was founded.

1925 edit

  • Tenri School of Foreign Languages (天理外国語学校 Tenri gaikokugo gakkō) was established along with what would later become Tenri Central Library (天理図書館 Tenri toshokan). Also, Tenrikyō Printing Office (Tenrikyō kyōchō insatsusho) and the Department of Doctrine and Historical Materials (Kyōgi oyobi shiryō shūseibu) were established.

1928 edit

1931 edit

  • The publication of the entire Osashizu was completed, making the three main scriptures of Tenrikyo available to all followers for the first time.

1934 edit

  • (October 25) The South Worship Hall of the Main Sanctuary was completed.
  • The Kagura Service was restored for the first time since it had been prohibited in 1896.

1938 edit

  • Nakayama Shōzen announced the adjustment (kakushin) to comply with the state authority's demand.

1945 edit

  • (August 15) Nakayama Shōzen announced the restoration (fukugen) of the teaching, on the same day Japan announced its surrender.

1946 edit

  • The Mikagura-uta was republished and offered to local churches.

1948 edit

  • The Ofudesaki, accompanied with commentaries, as well as the first volume of the Osashizu were republished and offered to churches.

1949 edit

1954 edit

  • (April 1) Tenri City was instated.
  • Construction of the Oyasato-yakata building complex begins, a year after Nakayama Shozen's announcement.

1956 edit

1966 edit

  • Tenrikyo Children's Association (天理教少年会 Tenrikyō shōnenkai) was established.

1967 edit

  • Nakayama Shōzen, the second Shinbashira, died at the age of sixty-two. Nakayama Zenye became the third Shinbashira.

1970 edit

  • Tenrikyō left the Sect Shinto Union (教派神道連合会 Kyōha Shintō rengōkai).

1976 edit

1981 edit

  • (July 25) The West Worship Hall of the Main Sanctuary was completed.

1984 edit

  • (October 25) The East Worship Hall of the Main Sanctuary was completed, thereby completing construction of all four sides of the Main Sanctuary.

1986 edit

  • The centennial anniversary of Nakayama Miki was observed.

1998 edit

  • Nakayama Zenji became the fourth Shinbashira.

1998 edit

2000s edit

2002 edit

  • Tenrikyō held the “Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue II” between Tenri University and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Tenri.

2013 edit

  • Nakayama Daisuke was nominated as the successor to the position of the Shinbashira after Zenji.

2014 edit

  • Nakayama Zenye, the third Shinbashira, died at the age of eighty-two.

Sources edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hardacre, Helen (2016). Shinto: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-19-062173-5.
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