Reiha no hikari kyôkai 霊波之光教会

A Shintô-based New Religion. Established in 1956 by Hase Yoshio (1915-84). Headquarted in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture; reported membership is approximately 740,000.

Links

• Reiha no Hikari Kyôkai / Recent Trends in the Study of Japanese New Religions (by INOUE Nobutaka)
• Reiha no Hikari Kyôkai / Healing in the New Religions: Charisma and `Holy Water' (by WATANABE Masako and IGETA Midori)
• Reiha no Hikari Kyôkai / Healing in the New Religions: Charisma and `Holy Water' (by WATANABE Masako and IGETA Midori)

reisai 例祭

seasonal festivals.

See Basic Terms of Shinto: Reisai.

Links

• Reisai / Festival and Sacred Transgression (by SONODA Minoru)
• reisai / Religious Space in the Village As Seen through Festival and Legend (by MOGI Sakae)
• seasonal festivals / The Festival and Religion Boom: Irony of the "Age of the Heart" (by ASHIDA Tetsurô)
• seasonal festivals / The Changing Face of Japanese Folk Beliefs (by Norman Havens)

Renmon-kyô 蓮門教

A Shintô-based New Religion founded by Shimamura Mitsu (1831-1904). Proselytizing for the gruop began in 1877, and it later operated under the Shintô Taisei-kyô, but suffered as a result of a newpaper campaign critical of the group. The group does not appear to be currently active.

Links

• Renmonkyô / The Fall of Renmonkyô, and Its Place in the History of Meiji-Period Religions (by TAKEDA Dôshô)
• Renmonkyô / The Fall of Renmonkyô, and Its Place in the History of Meiji-Period Religions (by TAKEDA Dôshô)

Ryûjin 龍神

dragon kami.

A snake deified as a deity of water. It is petitioned in prayers for rain and other agricultural rituals. It is also thought of as the god of thunder and the god of the sea.

Links

• ryujin / Basic Terms of Shinto: Umi no kami
• Ryûjin / Emperor and World Renewal in the New Religions: The Case of Shinsei Ryûjinkai (by TSUSHIMA Michihito)
• ryûjin / Local Newspaper Coverage of Folk Shamans in Aomori Prefecture (by IKEGAMI Yoshimasa)