Kagiya-ryu

...A group of secretive nembutsu practitioners who used the faith of Shinshu as a pretext, and was widely practiced in the Edo period, especially in the Tohoku region. Some trace their origins to Shinran or Rennyo, while others are descended from Kyoto Kagiya, with the Kagiya school being the most common. In the mid-18th century, during the time of Gohei, the third head of Kagiya, it was introduced to the Mizusawa region of Oshu, and was popularized by Yamazaki Mokuzaemon and Nagayoshi, vassals of the Date clan in the area.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kagiya-ryu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…真宗の信仰に仮託した秘事的な念仏集団で，江戸時代を中心にとくに東北地方に広く行われた。親鸞や蓮如などに起源を求めるもの，京都鍵屋の流れをくむものなどがあり，鍵屋流が最も多い。18世紀中ごろ，鍵屋3代五兵衛のとき，奥州水沢地方に流伝され，同地伊達支族の家臣山崎杢左衛門や長吉などにより広められた。…

※「鍵屋流」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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