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The document discusses the history and expansion of the Oomoto religion, founded by Nao Deguchi and Onisaburo Deguchi, and its suppression by the government in 1921 and 1935. Scholar Wasaburo Asano played a key role in promoting Oomoto, attracting many intellectuals who interpreted Nao's prophecies as a call for societal reconstruction. The movement gained significant public support but ultimately faced government backlash due to the unrest it generated.

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The document discusses the history and expansion of the Oomoto religion, founded by Nao Deguchi and Onisaburo Deguchi, and its suppression by the government in 1921 and 1935. Scholar Wasaburo Asano played a key role in promoting Oomoto, attracting many intellectuals who interpreted Nao's prophecies as a call for societal reconstruction. The movement gained significant public support but ultimately faced government backlash due to the unrest it generated.

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Birth of a New Religion, Oomoto Intellectuals’ Great Fuss

KAWAKAMI Yoshiharu

Oomoto, which is founded by Nao Deguchi and her son-in-law


Onisaburo Deguchi, was suppressed twice by the government in 1921 and
1935. It was Wasaburo Asano, a scholar of English literature, who led the
nationwide expansion of Oomoto beginning in 1916. The mission based
upon his writings made many intellectuals from all over Japan join the
religion. Those intellectuals construed Nao’s prophecy that the world was
about to be replaced as a reconstruction of the world that would arise from
extraordinary natural occurrences, as well as the war between Japan and
the world. They clearly stated that the time for the reconstruction would
be within a few years, and made full use of the mass media to spread their
message. These proponents of Oomoto received a wildly enthusiastic
response from society. That is, the intellectuals had transformed the
doctrine of the local small sect of Oomoto into something suitable for a
nationwide belief system. However, while the popular fervor about the
coming reconstruction of the world contributed to the surge in the number
of believers, it also led to a crackdown from the government owing to the
social unrest it caused.

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