Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai

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Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai (Japanese: 甘露台霊理斯道会)^{[n 1]} is a Tenrikyo-based shinshūkyō (Japanese new religion) that was organized by its founder, Saitō Toshio (斎藤年男), as a successor organization of Ōkanmichi.^[1] It is currently based within the grounds of a religious facility called Yamato Daijingū (皇和大親宮) in Ōtawara, Tochigi Prefecture. Although the organization's name is often shortened to Shidōkai (斯道会), this should not be confused with the previous name of the Kawaramachi Grand Church under the administration of Tenrikyo, which was also called Shidōkai.^[2]^[3]

TypeTenrikyo-derived Japanese new religion

ScriptureOfudesaki, Mikagura-uta

TheologyMonotheistic

LanguageJapanese

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Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai
甘露台霊理斯道会
Type	Tenrikyo-derived Japanese new religion
Scripture	Ofudesaki, Mikagura-uta
Theology	Monotheistic
Language	Japanese
Headquarters	Ōtawara, Tochigi Prefecture
Founder	Saitō Toshio (斎藤年男)
Origin	2 November 1975
Separated from	Ōkanmichi
Official website	www.yamato-daijingu.jp

History

Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai separated from Ōkanmichi on 2 November 1975 under the leadership of Saitō Toshio.^[1] Within the Tenrikyo-inspired religious traditions in Japan, it is treated under the subgroup of Honmichi-Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho-based religious sects.^[4]

It moved its headquarters from Bandō, Ibaraki Prefecture^{[n 2]} to Ōtawara (now called Yamato Daijingū) in the late 2010s.^[1]^[6]

Another religious organization that was derived from Ōkanmichi is Kanrodai founded by Asano Hiroshi (浅野博).

Doctrine

Unlike its mother organization, Ōkanmichi, it denies the concept of divine revelation.^[7]
It regards the Prayer Offering of the Fan (扇の伺い, ōgi no sazuke) as an important ceremony that promotes the purification of one's soul.^[8]
It treats human fetuses as reincarnated forms of ones' ancestors and avoids performing ceremonies for aborted fetuses.^[9]

Publications

The following are published materials written by the religion's founder, Saitō Toshio:^[10]

Myōsō no Ronri (妙想の論理) in 1984
Kyōgo Kaisetsu (教語解説) in 1990
Shin'yu Kuden Kogi Shakugi (神諭口伝古記釈義) in 1991
Taibō Gunzō (大望群像) in 1995
Kanrodai Jijō Kōshō Jiten (甘露台事情考證事典) in 1998

Affiliation

The religious corporation of Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai is a member of the Ōtawara Tourism Association (大田原市観光協会).^[11]

Notes

[1]
The Kyūjitai, 會, can also be used to replace 会.
[2]
Now called Hon'en (本苑) or the Land of the Creation of the Religious Organization (法人発祥の地).^[5]

References

[1]
Inoue, Nobutaka, ed. (1996). 新宗教教団・人物亊典 [Dictionary of Organizations and Figures In New Religions] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Koubundou Publishers Inc. (弘文堂). p. 50. ISBN 978-4335160288. 甘露台霊理斯道会　【所在地】〒306-06　茨城県岩井市大字鵠戸四九〇–六　【電話】〇二九七—三五—六七七六　【創始者】斎藤年男（会長=現）　【信者数】一三〇〇人（面談）　【教師数】三〇人（面談）　【法人数】一（面談）　【法人関係】昭和五八年宗教法人法による宗教法人。　【概要】おうかんみちの代表役員・斎藤年男が昭和五○年（一九七五）一一月二日同教団を離脱したことに始まる。この直後、斎藤の妻と長女に激しい神がかりがあり、今までの信仰を捨てて、新しい道を始めることを求める内容が啓示される。この神の願いにより、斎藤は「心定め」をする。最初はおうかんみち時代同様、東京都足立区関原で活動を続ける。五一年四月二四日、教団名を甘露台霊理斯道会とし、創設鎮座奉告祭を執行する。五七年には本部を岩井市の現在地に移し、平成五年には祭祀儀礼研修所を竣工。現在では一都一〇県に二五カ所の教会所を設置している。 [Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai; Address – Ōaza Kuguido 490-6, Iwai-shi, Ibaraki-ken 306-0600 [today: Kuguido 490-6, Bandō-shi, Ibaraki-ken 306-0641]; Phone Number – 0297-35-6776; Founder – Saitō Toshio (current leader); Number of Followers – 13,000 (interview); Number of Instructors – 30 (interview); Number of Corporations – 1 (interview); Corporate Status – Religious corporation created in 1983 under the Shūkyō Hōjinhō; Summary – It started when the prominent figure in Ōkanmichi, Saitō Toshio, left on 2 November 1975. Then afterwards, his spouse and first daughter experienced strong instances of kamigakari (spirit possession), a prophecy telling him to reject current belief and start a new way'. By the request from god, he practiced 'kokoro sadame' (the determining of the heart). During the very first time, its activities continued very similarly to Ōkanmichi's in Sekihara, Adachi, Tokyo. It changed its name to Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai on 24 April 1976 and conducted the Enshrinement Ceremony of Divine Offering (創設鎮座奉告祭). It moved its headquarters to the current place in 1982 and established the Ritual Ceremony Institution in 1993. It currently has 25 places of worship in 11 prefectures.]
[2]
Forbes, Roy Tetsuo (2005). Schism, orthodoxy and heresy in the history of Tenrikyō : three case studies (Thesis). University of Hawai'i Department of Religion. p. 96. Shidokai confraternity (the precursor of Kawaramachi)
[3]
"天理教河原町大教会" [Tenrikyo Kawaramachi Grand Church] (in Japanese). Kyoto. 河原町大教会の歩みは、明治14年（1881年）9月、初代会長・深谷源次郎の入信に始まります。明治17年（1884年）3月、源次郎は他4名と共に、おぢば（奈良県天理市）に願い出て、河原町大教会の前身となる「斯道会」結講のお許しを戴き、源次郎を講元として歩み始めました。 [The Kawaramachi Grand Church first started in September 1881 when Fukuya Genjirō, the first leader, joined Tenrikyo. In March 1884, Genjirō and four others expressed their wish to the Jiba (in Tenri, Nara Prefecture), were granted a permission to form the precursor organization of Shidōkai, and thus became the starting point of it by Genjirō.]
[4]
Formation of New Sects from Tenri-kyo Focusing on the Succession to Charismas: Religion of Place and Religion of Revelator by Matsui, Keisuke (page 72) "梅次郎は大西と同様に、天啓を出すことによって終末論的な世直しを襟傍し、国家と対峙する姿勢をみせていたが、1938(昭和13)年の治安維持法違反事件による検挙と1941(昭和16)年の梅次郎の死によって、天理神之口開場所は壊滅的な打撃を受けた。しかし梅次郎により「甘露水さづけ」、を受けていた信者たちは敗戦後にそれぞれが教団を再興し、現在「天理神之口明場所系教団」は十数教団あり、それらの教団の多くは梅次郎を教祖または開祖として位置付け、それぞれ梅次郎による天啓や遺言、遺品などをもとに梅次郎の後継者としている24)。" [Umejirō, just like Ōnishi Aijirō, advocated to fix the doomsday-ish world by declaring tenkei (divine revelation) and imposed himself to express contention against the state, was prosecuted under the Peace Preservation Law in 1938 and brought doom to (his own) Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho through his death in 1941. However, followers who received 'kanromizu sazuke' by Umejirō, revived the religious organization individually after the Pacific War, therefore, around ten 'Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho-based organizations' exist; each of them consider Umejirō to be the central figure or founder, all considering themselves as successors of him based on memorializing his tenkei (divine revelation) or possessing his keepsakes.]
[5]
"扇の伺い：斯道会 > 法人施設のご案内" [Ōgi no Sazuke : Shidōkai > Guidance of Incorporated Facilities]. Old Official Website of Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai (in Japanese).
[6]
"株式会社フケタ設計の設計実績紹介 > 設計実績 > 「斯道會皇和大親宮本苑親拝殿」" [Introducing Designs by Fuketa Sekkei K.K. > Designs > 'Shidōkai Yamato Daijingū Hon'en Shinpaiden']. Fuketa Sekkei K.K. (in Japanese). Utsunomiya.
[7]
Formation of New Sects from Tenri-kyo Focusing on the Succession to Charismas: Religion of Place and Religion of Revelator by Matsui, Keisuke (page 72) "ところがこれらの諸教団の中で明確に自己が天啓者であることを主張しているのは，おうかんみちの江上寿胤(「ひょうたんの木甘露台」)だけであり，むしろ例外的とさえ言えるのである。それどころか甘露台霊理斯道会のように天啓者の存在を明確に否定する教団も誕生している。" [However, among the (Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho-derived) sects, only (Hyōtan no Ki Kanrodai) Egami Toshitane of Ōkanmichi claims that he was a tenkeisha (divine revelator), making it arguably an exception. Even sects like Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai that clearly does not recognize the existence of a tenkeisha are created.]
[8]
Matsui (松井), Keisuke (圭介) (March 1990). "民衆宗教における救いについて" [About the Salvation from the Religions of the People] (PDF). Shūkyō Kenkyū (in Japanese). 63 (283). Tokyo: 476. 斯道会では，「扇の伺い」による神意の啓示，神目的の啓示に伴う助け一条の道を標傍しているが，その教特徴は次の四点にまとめることができる。⑴胸を澄ましたものであれば誰でもできる。⑵あらゆる疑問に対して総て応えてくれる。⑶神言は必ず(100%)適中する。⑷決して奇跡ではない。 [The divine relevation through 'ōgi no sazuke' (prayer offering of the fan), it represents one expression of intervention as a divinely-expressed purpose, it (Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai) can be organized as having four characteristics: ⑴ Anybody can be capable of purifying one's mind ⑵ All questions have answers. ⑶ Divine words are always (100%) accurate. ⑷ Results therefore are not miracles.]
[9]
"扇の伺い：斯道会 > 世界助け > 水子について" [Ōgi no Sazuke : Shidōkai > Saving the World > About Mizuko]. Old Official Website of Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai (in Japanese). 胎児は先祖の生まれ変わり。… 水子を「供養」しても救えない。世にはびこる悪徳ビジネス。 [A fetus is an reincarnated form from an ancestor. … 'Memorial service' to mizuko does not entail salvation. It is an unethical business that is prevalant.]
[10]
"甘露台霊理斯道会" [Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai]. Religious Information Research Center (宗教情報リサーチセンター) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Religious Information Research Center (公益財団法人国際宗教研究所宗教情報リサーチセンタ).
[11]
"会員一覧 > 会員詳細 > 皇和大親宮" [List of Members > Member Profile > Yamato Daijingū]. Ōtawara Tourism Association (in Japanese). Ōtawara.

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