Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho

The name, Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho, can be translated into the place where the kami/god of Tenri (heavenly principle) is spoken honestly. The element, Uchiake, is a native Japanese reading and the original verb could be a dialectal or uncommon reading of a rare verb called {{Nihongo|buchiakeru|打ち開ける|}}.{{cite web |author= |title= Word ぶち開ける, ぶちあける, to forcefully open up (a hole; in a wall, etc.) |url= https://takoboto.jp/?w=2063110 |quote= to speak frankly, to open one's heart}} The Japanese particle, の, in the name can be replaced with the kanji, 之{{#tag:ref|天理神之打開場所 would be the resulted spelling, but it is uncommon.|group=n}}, without changing the pronunciation.

It was founded in 1934 by the foundress, {{Nihongo|Watanabe Yoso|渡辺ヨソ|}} who was a follower of Tenri Sanrinkō. Her religious title was Masako Kanrodai.Matsui (page 69) "大西以降の主な「自称甘露台」を挙げてみると、…天理神之打開場所を開いた渡辺そよによる政子甘露台、…幾多の人間が自らが天啓者であるとして新しい教団を開いているのである。" [Looking at the instances of self-styling of being a kanrodai after Ōnishi Aijirō, there are: … Masako Kanrodai by Watanabe Yoso, foundress of Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho; … thus, many human beings claim themselves as divine revelators (tenkeisha) and make new religious groups.]Matsui (page 74) "¹⁷⁾1933(昭和8)年に天理三輪講に入信し，その翌年には天理三輪講からその年に独立した天理神之打開場所に入信している。" [¹⁷⁾ (Yamada Umejirō) joined Tenri Sanrinkō in 1933, then Tenri-Kami no Uchiake Basho was organized as a separate sect from Tenri Sanrinkō in 1934 and he joined it during that same year.] Watanabe Yoso's own religious organization became active right before the closure and the eventual revival of Tenri Sanrinkō by {{Nihongo|Katsu Hisano|勝ヒサノ|}} that occurred in 1935.{{cite book |last1= Umehara (梅原) |first1= Masaki (正紀) |author-link= :ja:梅原正紀 |last2= Mizuno (水野) |first2= Yoshiyuki (義之) |date= 1980 |title= 秘儀と霊能の世界: 新宗教の底流をさぐる |url= https://www.google.com/books/edition/%E7%A7%98%E5%84%80%E3%81%A8%E9%9C%8A%E8%83%BD%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C/7f8xAQAAIAAJ |trans-title= The World of Secret Ceremonies & Psychic Capacities: Revealing the Underbelly of New Religions |page= 85 |language= Japanese |publisher= 紀尾井書房 |quote= さらに自らが甘露台であると称えるようになった。こうして昭和八年三月、勝は大阪の枚方町で天理三輪講を創設した。その後、勝ヒサノは天理教と「ほんみち」との合併を実現させようと考えるようになり、昭和十年五月、天理三輪講を解散し、天理教に戻ったが、彼女の願いは無視され、二ヵ月後に天理教から退転し、天理三輪講を再建したのである。 |trans-quote= Even further, (Katsu Hisano) was praised as the kanrodai (spiritual title). Due to this, she established Tenri Sanrinkō in Hirakata-chō (today's western section of Hirakata), Osaka on March 1933. Then afterwards, she sought to materialize the plan of merging Tenrikyo and 'Honmichi' as one, later dissolved Tenri Sanrinkō on May 1935, but her request was declined, leaving Tenrikyo after two months, then re-established Tenri Sanrinkō.}}

Not much about this religious organization is known possibly due to the very short duration of activity and possibly due to the paucal amount of documentation about its foundress, doctrine, and its history during its existence. Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho was a religious organization that was not mentioned in the late 1930s pertaining to the violation of the Peace Preservation Law as Honmichi (then called Tenri Hondo), Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho, Tenri Sanrinkō, and Sanri Sanfukugen were the four prominent Tenrikyo-based organizations that faced negative consequences.{{cite web |author= |title= 別巻: 太平洋戦争下の労働運動（1965年刊） > 第五編: 言論統制と文化運動 > 第四章: 宗教運動 |url= https://oisr-org.ws.hosei.ac.jp/images/research/dglb/rn/rn_list/rnsenji2-210.pdf |trans-title= Special Volume: Labor Movements during the Pacific War (Published in 1965) > Section 5: Media Blackout & Cultural Movements > Chapter 4: Religious Movements |language= Japanese |location= Tokyo |publisher= Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University|quote= …一九三五年から三九年にかけて、…「天理本道」（検挙三七四名、起訴二三七名）、「天理神之口明場所」（検挙一四名、起訴六名）、「天理三輪講」（検挙一三名、起訴九名）、「三理三腹元」（検挙一八名、起訴一〇名）…と、それぞれ不敬事件（…天理教系四派は、治安維持法違反ならびに不敬事件・結社禁止）として検挙された。 |trans-quote= … from 1935 to 1939 … 'Tenri Hondo [Honmichi]' (374 members prosecuted, 237 indicted), 'Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho' (14 members prosecuted, 6 indicted), 'Tenri Sanrinkō' (13 members prosecuted, 9 indicted), 'Sanri Sanfukugen' (18 members prosecuted, 10 indicted) … each organization with lèse-majesté incidents (… four Tenrikyo-based sects violated the Peace Preservation Law along with in charge of lèse-majesté and banned from congregation) was prosecuted.}}

The recent literature on Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho was published{{cite book |last= Suzuki (鈴木) |first= Tokuij (徳次) |date= 2019-09-24 |title= 弥勒菩薩と天と王の里 |url= https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784344923744 |trans-title= Maitreya Buddha, Heaven, Mikoto, & Ri |language= Japanese |location= Tokyo |publisher= Gentosha |isbn= 978-4344923744 |quote= 第1編 > 第4節: 天理神之打分場所について |trans-quote= Section 1 > Chapter 4: About Tenri Kami no Uchiwakari Basho}} in 2019 and the literature in question mainly discusses about its other spin-off new religion, {{Nihongo|Tenri Kami no Uchiwakari Basho|天理神之打分場所|}}.{{#tag:ref|The foundress of Tenri Kami no Uchiwakari Basho (天理神之打分場所) is or was a possible relative of, or another individual with connections to, Watanabe Yoso (渡辺ヨソ), Watanabe Hideko (渡邉秀子).|group=n}}

The following two religious organizations are founded by former Tenri Kami no Uchiake Basho followers.

• {{Nihongo|Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho|天理神之口明場所, 天理神之口開場所|}}{{#tag:ref|Each of the last kanji component in 口明 and 口開, from 口明け or 口開け, which means the action of commencing from beginning{{cite web |author= |title= 口開け／口明け（くちあけ） とは？ 意味・読み方・使い方 |url= https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%8F%A3%E9%96%8B%E3%81%91/ |trans-title= Meaning of Kuchiake |website= goo 辞書 |language= Japanese}} that denotes a sense of origination, is pronounced as /a/ in native Japanese reading convention; Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho figuratively means place of origin of the god of Tenri [principle of heaven].{{cite web |last= Yumiyama |first= Tatsuya |author-link= :ja:弓山達也 |title= Ōkanmichi |url= https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/id=9892 |website= Kokugakuin Digital Museum |location= Tokyo}}|group=n}}{{cite book |author= |editor-last= Inoue |editor-first= Nobutaka |editor-link= Inoue Nobutaka |date= 1996|title= 新宗教教団・人物亊典 |trans-title= Dictionary Of Organizations And Figures In New Religions |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5msxAQAAIAAJ |language= Japanese |location= Tokyo |publisher= KOUBUNDOU Publishers Inc. |isbn= 978-4335160288 |page= 604-605 |quote= 山田梅次郎明治八年(一八七五)五月八日~昭和一六年(一九四一)一一月八日【出生】山田林吉・ふみの四男。愛知県海部郡蟹江町生。【教団での呼称】教祖・根株甘露台【略歴】明治三二年、臀部に腫れ物ができ天理教に入信。下駄、鍋蓋製造業を営むかたわら、天理教校別科を修了し、のちに権少講義になる。大正元年(一九一二)に初めて神意を感得する。一四年に天理研究会に入会し、昭和三年(一九二八)、『研究資料』を配布し検挙、起訴猶予処分をとなる。その後、天理三輪講、天理神の打開場所に入信。|trans-quote= Yamada Umejirō (8 May 1878 – 8 November 1941); Birth – Fourth son of the Yamadas (father's name was unsure, mother's name was Fumi). Born in Kanie-chō, Ama District, Aichi Prefecture; Title(s) within His Organization – Kyōso Nekabu Kanrodai; Brief Biography – Joining Tenrikyo in 1999 due to his swellings around his buttocks. In addition to it, he pursued in the business of manufacturing geta footwear and pot lids, he received special lectures on Tenrikyo and later became gonshōkōgi, vice junior lecturer. He transmitted his will of faith to the divine realm for the first time in 1912. He joined Tenri Kenkyūkai (today's Honmichi) in 1925, but was prosecuted for distributing Research Materials (研究資料, Kenkyū Shiryō) and later received his prosecution being suspended in 1928. Afterwards, he joined Tenri Sanrinkō and eventually Tenri-Kami no Uchiake Basho.}}
• {{Nihongo|Tenri Kami no Uchiwakari Basho|天理神之打分場所|}}

Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho is more prominent today as the ancestral religious organization of Ōkanmichi and Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai.

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• {{cite journal |ref=none |last= Matsui (松井) |first= Keisuke (圭介) |date= March 2000 |title= カリスマの継承からみた天理教系教団の分派形成 : 場所の宗教と天啓者の宗教 |url= https://core.ac.uk/download/56656449.pdf |trans-title= Formation of New Sects from Tenri-kyo Focusing on the Succession to Charismas: Religion of Place and Religion of Revelator |journal= Tsukuba Studies in Human Geography (筑波大学人文地理学研究) |volume= 25 |pages= 55-76 |language= Japanese |location= Tsukuba}}

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