Fukada Chiyoko
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3 October 1887
Fukada Chiyoko | |
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 Official Ennokyo portrait of Fukada Chiyoko | |
| Title | Jishō-in Ennō Chikaku Daishi (慈照院圓應智覺大姉) (posthumous) |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Fukada Chiyoko (深田 千代子) 3 October 1887 Ibara, Ogawa Village, Hikami District, Hyōgo (兵庫県氷上郡小川村字井原) (now Tanba, Hyōgo (兵庫県丹波市)) |
| Died | 6 January 1925 (aged 37) Tanba, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Known for | Founder of Ennōkyō (円応教) |
| Occupation | Religious teacher |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Shintō-derived Japanese new religion (神道系新宗教) |
Fukada Chiyoko (深田 千代子) (October 3, 1887 – January 6, 1925) was the Japanese founder of Ennōkyō (円応教), a Japanese new religion based in Tamba, Hyōgo Prefecture. She began her religious career after receiving a divine revelation on July 16, 1919. For the next five and a half years until her death at the age of 37, she carried out faith healing and teaching that attracted numerous followers.[1][2]
Fukada was born in Ogawa Village (小川村), Hikami District (氷上郡), Hyōgo (now Tanba City). On July 16, 1919 (Taishō 8), at the age of 33, she received a divine revelation (天啓, tenkei). This date is commemorated by Ennōkyō as the religion's founding day (立教の日, rikkyō no hi).[3][4]
From 1919 until her death in 1925, Fukada employed a distinctive set of esoteric devotional and healing practices known as shūhō (修法). She gained many followers from the surrounding region due to her charisma and reports of healings.[1]
She died on January 6, 1925 from valvular heart disease.[3][5]