Izumo Taisha Piety Lectures - Izumo Taisha Keishinko

...A sect of sect Shinto based at Izumo Taisha Shrine. Its founder, Senge Takatomi (1845-1918), in order to thoroughly indoctrinate the people with Shintoism, gathered together the Izumo Taisha Keishinko in 1873, renamed it the Taisha Kyokai in 1876, built the Taisha Kyokai Main Temple in Kitsuki (now Taisha Town, Hikawa County, Shimane Prefecture) in 1879, and worked hard to educate the people. He also advocated the enshrinement of Okuninushi-no-kami, who presides over the underworld, in addition to the four deities enshrined in the Daikyoin, Amenominakanushi-no-kami, Takamimusubi-no-kami, Kamimusubi-no-kami, and Amaterasu-okami, and engaged in a debate with the Ise faction over the deity to be enshrined.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Izumo Taisha Keishinko" is listed below.

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…出雲大社を基盤とする教派神道の一派。立教者千家尊福（たかとみ）(1845‐1918)は，神道教化の徹底をはかるため，1873年出雲大社敬神講を結集し，敬神講を76年に大社教会と改称，79年に杵築（きづき）(現，島根県簸川郡大社町)に大社教本院を新築，民衆教化に尽力。また大教院奉斎のアメノミナカヌシノカミ，タカミムスビノカミ，カミムスビノカミ，アマテラスオオカミの4神に，幽冥界をつかさどるオオクニヌシノカミの合祀を主張し，伊勢派との祭神論争を展開。…

※「出雲大社敬神講」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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