Akimonto - Followers of Aki

…Mutual aid in rural areas was also cultivated by the organization of Shinshu sect followers' Yoriko (lectures). As the name Aki sect suggests, Shinshu faith was thriving from early times, and in the early 19th century, there were 351 Shinshu temples out of a total of 602 temples of various sects in Aki. At the end of the Edo period, Hiroshima became the base for the expeditionary forces to invade Choshu again, but the domain maintained neutrality and played a role in the political situation at the end of the Edo period as a mediator between Satsuma, Choshu, and Tokugawa. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aki Monto" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…農村の相互扶助は真宗門徒のお寄講（よりこう）の組織に培われたところでもある。いわゆる安芸門徒の名があるように，早くから真宗の信仰が盛んであったが，19世紀初頭安芸国内の諸宗寺院総数602ヵ寺中，真宗寺は351を数えたほどである。幕末広島は再度の長州征伐で征討軍の基地となるが，藩はむしろ中立を持し，幕末の政局では薩･長･土の間を斡旋する役割を果たした。…

※「安芸門徒」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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