The Kyoshu is Omoto's spiritual leader, a position held by women of the Deguchi family in a matrilineal line running from the foundress Deguchi Nao. The role is distinct from the administrative leadership the movement built under Onisaburo Deguchi, who is remembered by the honorific title Holy Teacher rather than as Kyoshu himself. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Legal StatusSourced to the subject's own accountThe office and the movement built around it were forcibly dissolved twice by the Imperial Japanese government, in the Omoto Incidents of 1921 and 1935, the second razing the headquarters buildings at Ayabe and Kameoka and imprisoning the movement's leadership on charges including lese-majeste. Open leadership under the Deguchi line was not restored until Omoto reconstituted itself after the war, in 1946. 1 Connections
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This source names Deguchi Nao directly: "line running from the foundress Deguchi Nao."
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This source names Onisaburo Deguchi directly: "leadership the movement built under Onisaburo Deguchi, who is remembered by the honorific title Holy Teacher rather than as Kyoshu himself."
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Wikipedia contributors, WikipediaOn Oomoto's spiritual leadership held within the Deguchi familyQuote, On Oomoto's spiritual leadership held within the Deguchi family
The spiritual leaders of the movement have always been women within the Deguchi family, along with OnisaburÅ as its founding seishi (spiritual teacher).
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