, also simply known as Tenkokyo (Tenkà Âkyo) is a Shinto-based Japanese new religion founded by in 1920. Shinto Tenkokyo has several shrines (jinja ç¥Â社) on Mount Iwaki or Iwaki-yama () in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Its headquarters is located at the southern base of the mountain in Tabuse.
In 1920, the predecessor of the current organization was founded as in Shizuoka by Tomokiyo Yoshisane, who had been a magazine editor for Oomoto from 1918 and 1919. The organization, later renamed Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo, was registered in 1922. In 1928, Tomokiyo moved Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo from Shizuoka to Tabuse and constructed several shrines on Mount Iwaki in 1930.
Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo's leader is called the sà Âshu (å®Â主). Tomokiyo Yoshisane was the first leader but resigned in 1931. Afterwards, three different men, none of whom were his blood relatives, became the religious organization's leaders. In 1952, after Tomokiyo Yoshisane died, his wife Tomokiyo Misao (Ã¥ÂÂ渠æÂÂ; 1899âÂÂ1990, born Akahori Misao 赤å ÂæÂÂ) became the leader of Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo. After Misao's death in 1990, her third daughter Suzuyo (é´ä¸Â, born 1932) became the leader of Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo.
Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo considers its rituals to be a continuation of Ko-Shintà Â.
Every November on Mount Iwaki, Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo organizes a nighttime ritual ceremony (å±±ä¸Âå¤ÂéÂÂç¹å¥修æ³Â) for "universal harmony and world spiritualization" (ä¸ÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂã»ä¸ÂçÂÂéÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ). Followers recite the "Ten Prayers" (Ã¥ÂÂè¨Âç¥ÂÃ¥ÂÂ) in dedication to Amaterasu.
A key focus of its activities is , which was practiced extensively during World War II in order to pray for the protection of the Empire of Japan. The religion also practices (), a spirit possession technique devised by and subsequently transmitted by his disciple , that is also practiced in Oomoto and Ananaikyo. Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo's practice of chinkon kishin still adheres closely to the original form as taught by Honda Chikaatsu during the 19th century. Today, chinkon kishin is strictly reserved for Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo members and is not open to the general public.
Another ritual in Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo is (). According to Tomokiyo, he received this ritual on October 28, 1920 during a kishin session with the kami, Ame no Uzume.
The sun goddess Amaterasu is the main deity worshipped. is a prayer in which the ten syllables of are pronounced as many times.
Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo's main religious text is (), a multiple-volume anthology of writings by , the religion's founder. There are three editions:
In October 1919, Tomokiyo published , a monograph about chinkon kishin. After it quickly sold out, it was revised as in May 1920. This revised version is included in the first volume of Tomokiyo Yoshisane zenshà « as published by Hachiman in 2004. The full text of Shintà  montai (çÂÂéÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ対) by Honda Chikaatsu is attached at the end of Chinkon kishin no gokui (é®éÂÂ帰ç¥Âã®極æÂÂ). The text consists of 114 questions from Soejima Taneomi, along with answers from Honda, in literary Chinese.
is a synopsis of Tomokiyo's main teachings and contains two chapters about chinkon kishin. Originally published in August 1921, it is included in the first volume of all editions of Tomokiyo Yoshisane zenshà « (Ã¥ÂÂ渠æÂÂçÂÂå ¨éÂÂ).
Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo's shrines are located on Mount Iwaki (ç³åÂÂå±±), located to the north of the town of Tabuse in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The religion pronounces the name of the mountain as Iwaki-yama, but outside the religion the conventional pronunciation is Iwaki-san. It is the most sacred mountain of Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo and is considered to be the earthly representation of the heavenly gathering place of the gods, similar to Oomoto's treatment of Mount Hongà « in Ayabe.
Going clockwise from south and west to north and east, the Shintà  Tenkà Âkyo shrines on Iwaki-yama are:
Iwakisan KÃ Âgoishi (), the ruins of an ancient castle, is located to the northeast of the Shinto Tenkokyo shrine cluster.
To the west, Iwaki Jinja () and its affiliated auxiliary shrines (setsumatsusha æÂÂæ«社) predate the Shinto Tenkokyo shrines. Iwaki Jinja's auxiliary shrines are (clockwise from south and west to north and east):