World Messianity - Sekai Kyuseikyo

Japanese: 世界救世教 - せかいきゅうせいきょう

At one time, it was also called Kannonkyo or Messiahkyo. Its founder, Mokichi Okada (1882-1955), was born in Asakusa, Tokyo. Due to illness and business difficulties, he joined Omotokyo and served as branch chief, but left in 1934. The following year, he founded the Dai Nippon Kannonkai and performed the "Divine Spirit Shiatsu Therapy." In 1947, it changed its name to Nippon Kannonkyo, based in Atami, and in 1952, it became World Kyuseikyo. It claimed that Kannon had entered his body and that the power of Kannon radiated from his palms. It also called itself the Messiah and preached the construction of a heavenly kingdom on earth. It attracted attention for rejecting medicine as a poison and for advocating natural farming without fertilizer. It built art museums and the Crystal Hall in Hakone and Atami. Its headquarters is in Momoyama-cho, Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
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一時期，観音教・メシヤ教とも称した。教祖岡田茂吉〔1882-1955〕は東京の浅草に生まれ，病気と商売の苦労から大本教に入り，支部長をしていたが，1934年脱退。翌年大日本観音会を設立し〈神霊指圧療法〉を行った。1947年日本観音教と改称し，熱海に本拠を置き，1952年に世界救世教とした。観音が彼の体に入り，その観音力が掌(てのひら)から放射するとし，また自らメシヤ（救世主）と称し，地上天国の建設を説いた。医薬を薬毒として排斥したり，肥料を使わない自然農法を唱えて話題となった。箱根，熱海に美術館や水晶殿を建設した。本部は静岡県熱海市桃山町にある。
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