Tokuchika Miki

Religious leader. Born on April 8, 1900, in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, as the eldest son of Tokuharu Miki (founder of the Hitonomichi sect). In 1936 (Showa 11), he succeeded the sect as its second founder, but after the sect was dissolved due to military oppression, he continued his legal battles, and on September 29, 1946 (Showa 21), after World War II, he rebuilt the sect and established the PL sect (now called the Perfect Liberty sect). His books include "Life is Art," "The Art of Childcare," "Burn the Heart," and "My Resume," as well as collections of poems such as "Going to Heaven," "Habikino," "Moon Reading," "Living Easy," and "Go as God Wills." He passed away on February 1, 1983. His posthumous name was Amayukuumitokuarawaruhikonomikoto.

[Michisuke Kawashima, June 19, 2018]

"My Resume" by Tokuchika Miki (1979, Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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宗教家。明治33年4月8日、愛媛県松山市に御木徳一(とくはる)（「ひとのみち教団」教祖）の長男として生まれる。1936年（昭和11）教団2代教祖を継承したが、軍部の弾圧によって教団が解散させられたのち、法廷闘争を続け、第二次世界大戦後の1946年（昭和21）9月29日、教団を再建し、PL教団（現称はパーフェクト リバティー教団）を立教した。『人生は芸術である』『育児芸術』『心を燃やす』『私の履歴書』などの著書や、『天を行く』『羽曳野(はびきの)』『つきよみ』『生くらくは』『神のまにまに』などの歌集がある。昭和58年2月1日帰幽(きゆう)。諡(おくりな)は天行海徳顕㫗命(あまゆくうみとくあらわるひこのみこと)。

［川島通資　2018年6月19日］

『御木徳近著『私の履歴書』（1979・日本経済新聞社）』

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