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Nakayama Miki, the wife of a merchant, founded a sect of [[Shinto]] called ''[[Tenrikyo|Tenrikyô]]'' in [[1838]]. Tenrikyô became popular in particular during the uncertainty of the [[Bakumatsu Period]].  Miki saw the coming changes as a religious sign, however the sect was marginalized by the government after the [[Meiji Restoration]].
 
Nakayama Miki, the wife of a merchant, founded a sect of [[Shinto]] called ''[[Tenrikyo|Tenrikyô]]'' in [[1838]]. Tenrikyô became popular in particular during the uncertainty of the [[Bakumatsu Period]].  Miki saw the coming changes as a religious sign, however the sect was marginalized by the government after the [[Meiji Restoration]].
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
* Wilson, George M. ''Plots and Motives in Japan's Meiji Restoration'', Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 25, No. 3
 
* Wilson, George M. ''Plots and Motives in Japan's Meiji Restoration'', Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 25, No. 3
  
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Latest revision as of 20:54, 8 October 2007

Nakayama Miki, the wife of a merchant, founded a sect of Shinto called Tenrikyô in 1838. Tenrikyô became popular in particular during the uncertainty of the Bakumatsu Period. Miki saw the coming changes as a religious sign, however the sect was marginalized by the government after the Meiji Restoration.

References

  • Wilson, George M. Plots and Motives in Japan's Meiji Restoration, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 25, No. 3