is a Shinto-based (Japanese new religion) derived from Oomoto. Ananaikyo was established by on April 1949 in Shimizu, Shizuoka. It is currently headquartered in Yokosuka in Kakegawa, Shizuoka.
The religion's founder was 1887âÂÂ1974), who was originally an Oomoto practitioner. Nakano was influenced by Shinto priest and spirit medium (1822âÂÂ1889) and Honda's disciple (1858âÂÂ1940). Honda and Nagasawa taught a type of meditation (and/or spirit possession) practice known as (), which is also practiced in Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo and Oomoto.
On April 4, 1949, Nakano founded Ananaikyo in Shimizu, Shizuoka. Ananaikyo's original headquarters in Shimizu was located less than 100 meters from (note that has the reading "Yamanashi"), the Shinto shrine where Nagasawa Katsutate had spent most of life practicing at.
During the mid-1950s, Ananaikyo held a series of World Religion Congress meetings at its headquarters in Shimizu, Shizuoka. Reports were published for each of the eight congresses from 1954 to 1956.
Shin Negami (根丠信; 1897âÂÂ1969) was the president of the during the mid-1950s when the congresses were held.
Beginning in the 1960s, Nakano started to focus more on the international development NGO that he had founded, . After his death in 1974, his adopted daughter Nakano Yoshiko (ä¸ÂéÂÂè¯åÂÂ, born 1933) became the religious leader of Ananaikyo. Nakano Yoshiko resigned in 1982 to focus on being President of OISCA International. In May 1983, Nakano Masamiya (ä¸ÂéÂÂæ£宫, born 1950) became Ananaikyo's third religious leader. Since the 1980s, Ananaikyo has not regained the international prominence that it had once enjoyed during the 1950s and 1960s, partly because the religion's leaders, who had become highly involved with the non-religious NGO OISCA International, did not want OISCA to be publicly associated with a religion and thereby potentially harming the NGO's reputation. As a result, Ananaikyo leaders stopped organizing international events and restricted chinkon kishin for experienced members only, whereas in the past the general public could openly participate in Ananaikyo's chinkon kishin.
During the 21st century, Ananaikyo moved its headquarters from Shimizu, Shizuoka to the Yokosuka area of Kakegawa, Shizuoka.
Ananaikyo's (or ) lineage is as follows. Each successor would continue the teachings of his or her teacher after the teacher's death or resignation.
Ananaikyo's teachings, practices, and texts closely resemble those of Oomoto. The supreme God of the universe in Ananaikyo is known as the , or .
The name Ananaikyo, along with its corresponding kanji gloss , originates from Oomoto. Numerous passages in the Reikai Monogatari, written during the 1920s and 1930s by Onisaburo Deguchi, use Ananaikyo () to refer to the Oomoto religion. The term ananai refers to a thick rope that is attached to the bell of a haiden (worship hall of a Shinto shrine).
The kanji characters used to represent the name Ananaikyo (ä¸ÂäºÂæÂÂ) literally mean "three [and] five religion", with "three" representing the triad of the sun, moon, and stars, and "five" representing the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Thus, "three and five" represent the teachings of both heaven and earth. The "three" (ä¸Â) in Ananaikyo (ä¸ÂäºÂæÂÂ) can also symbolize the three new religions that Ananaikyo was influenced by, namely Oomoto, Guiyidao, and the BaháüàFaith, while "five" (äºÂ) refers to five established world religions, namely Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Nakano's familiarity with Guiyidao and the BaháüàFaith comes from his time as an Oomoto follower before World War II, when Oomoto leader Onisaburo Deguchi had frequent contact with the two religions during the 1920s and 1930s.
Like Oomoto, Ananaikyo considers all world religions to be of the same divine origin. Young (1988) reported that Ananaikyo's main worship hall in Shizuoka gave recognition to Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Shinto.
Ananaikyo does not preach any worldly benefits, but rather places an emphasis on harmony with nature. The main scripture of Ananaikyo is , which consists of 13 volumes.
The main deities revered are:
In Ananaikyo, a type of meditation called chinkon kishin (é®éÂÂ帰ç¥Â), also known simply as chinkon (), is practiced. Chinkon kishin was originally practiced in Oomoto, and is restricted to Ananaikyo followers who have been members for at least three years.
A chinkon stone is required to perform chinkon kishin in Ananaikyo. The chinkon stone must be a small, spherical black stone collected at Shimizu's , from which a forested sandà  leads to where Nagasawa had been a head priest at. Finding a suitable stone can often take several hours, and the search is supervised by an Ananaikyo senior member.
Unusually for a Shinto-derived religion, Ananaikyo is known for building several astronomical observatories in Japan, since Ananaikyo states that . In 1957, an observatory was built on in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture but was later demolished in 1973 due to opposition against the new religion from locals. Other observatories built by Ananaikyo, many of which are now defunct, include:
Japanese-language publications by Yonosuke Nakano include:
The Reikai-de Mita Uchà « (éÂÂçÂÂã§観ãÂÂå®Âå®Â) is a series of 13 volumes published by Yonosuke Nakano from 1965 to 1967. The first few volumes were also published in the 1950s. Occasionally, some volumes in the series are also titled Reikai-kara Mita Uchà « (éÂÂçÂÂãÂÂãÂÂè¦ÂãÂÂå®Âå®Â). The volumes in the series are:
A few of Nakano's books have been translated into English: