Maruyama Kyo

It is a Shinto religious organization. Its founder is Ito Rokurobei. It began as a group formed in the early Meiji period around Rokurobei, who was said to have acquired mystical powers through training. At the recommendation of Shishino Nakaba, the chief priest of Sengen Shrine, it joined the Fuji Ichizan Kosha in 1874 (Meiji 7). Then, in 1882, when the Shinto Fuso sect became independent and became Fusokyo, it became an affiliated church. In 1885, it left Fusokyo and became affiliated with the Shinto Honkyoku, preaching under the name Maruyamakyo Honin, and after World War II, it became independent as Maruyamakyo. It is based on mountain worship, but also included ideas of social reform, and the number of believers rapidly increased, mainly in the Kanto region. However, after Rokurobei's death in 1894, the religious influence gradually declined. It is now a very small religious organization. The headquarters is in Noborito, Tama Ward, Kawasaki City. There are 76 churches, 28 others, 467 teachers, and 11,048 believers (Religious Yearbook, 2014 edition).

[Junko Inoue]

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神道(しんとう)教団の一つ。伊藤六郎兵衛(ろくろべえ)を教祖とする。明治初期に修行によって神秘的力を得たとされる六郎兵衛を中心として講が結成されたのが始まり。浅間(せんげん)神社宮司宍野半(ししのなかば)の勧めで1874年（明治7）富士一山講社に加入。ついで1882年に神道扶桑(ふそう)派が一派独立、扶桑教となると、その傘下教会となる。1885年には扶桑教を離脱し、神道本局の所属となり、丸山教本院と称して布教、第二次世界大戦後丸山教として独立した。山岳信仰が基盤であるが、世直し思想も加わり、関東を中心に急激に信者を増やした。しかし、1894年に六郎兵衛が死去すると、教勢はしだいに衰えた。現在はごく小さな教団となっている。本部は川崎市多摩区登戸(のぼりと)。教会数76、その他28、教師数467、信者数1万1048（『宗教年鑑』平成26年版）。

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