The Thought and Action of Kōdō Ōmoto : A Prehistory

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  • 皇道大本の思想と行動 --皇道大本前史--
  • コウドウ オオモト ノ シソウ ト コウドウ : コウドウ オオモト ゼンシ

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Abstract

This paper attempts to reconstruct the process by which Ōmoto-kyō, a major yet unique shin shūkyō (new religion) and minshū shūkyō (folk religion), came to call itself "Kōdō [imperial way] Ōmoto", mainly focusing on its Seishi (sacred master) Deguchi Onizaburō and the development of its kōdō discourse. Onizaburō began to use the idea of kōdō as his theoretical core in 1904 in Honkyōsōseiki ("The Genesis of Ōmoto-kyō"), his autobiography. He created the theory of kōdō as part of his new doctrinal systematization that attempted to overcome opposition and isolation in his religious community. "Kinmeirei Gaku Kai", an early period Ōmoto-kyō religious community, was formed out of the three-way deadlock between Nao Deguchi (the founder of Ōmoto-kyō), the "Konko-kyō" that she belonged to, and Onizaburō's "Kōdo Reigaku Kai". He aimed to overcome this situation by engaging in organizational reform under the name "Kōdō kai". The aspirations found in his kōdō theory came to fruition under the name "Kōdō Ōmoto". While the kōdō theory of Onizaburo could not avoid the subsumptiveness of the kōdō discourse itself, because the discourse had gaps and excessiveness, his theory actually developed in a way that utilized this subsumptive nature.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 108 85-96, 2015-12-30

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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