Tsunehiko Sano - Tsunehiko Sano

A religious figure in the late Edo and Meiji periods. Founder of Shinrikyo. Born in Tempo 5 as the eldest son of Sano Tsunekatsu in Tokuriki, Buzen Province (Fukuoka Prefecture). He studied Japanese classics and medicine in his youth, and began his work as a religious figure after the Meiji Restoration. While actively writing books and donating them to various circles, he served as a religious leader in 1879 (Meiji 12), and in 1880 founded the Shinrikyo Church in Kokura. He traveled around the country, mainly in Kitakyushu, and gradually gained more followers. When Shinrikyo separated from Ontakekyo in 1894, he became its first chief priest. He used his family teachings, as well as forbidden spells and fortune-telling, as means of missionary and educational activities. He is the author of many books, including Shinrizuzukai.

[Yutaka Inoue June 19, 2018]

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幕末・明治期の宗教家。神理教の教祖。天保(てんぽう)5年豊前(ぶぜん)国（福岡県）徳力(とくりき)に佐野経勝(つねかつ)の長男として生まれる。青年時代に国学と医学を学び、明治維新後宗教家として活動を始める。盛んに書を著して各方面に献本するかたわら、1879年（明治12）教導職を務め、1880年には神理教会を小倉(こくら)に設立。北九州を中心として各地に巡教、しだいに信者を増した。1894年神理教が御嶽(おんたけ)教から一派独立すると、その初代管長に就任した。家伝の教え、また禁厭(きんえん)（まじない）、占いなどをもって布教・教化活動の手段とした。『神理図図解』など多数の著書がある。

［井上順孝　2018年6月19日］

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