|
Mokichi Okada (岡田茂吉 ''Okada Mokichi'', 1882–1955) was the founder of the Church of World Messianity, in which he is known by the honorific title Meishū-sama (明主様, lit. "Lord of Light"). He is also the founder of Johrei, a healing ritual that claims to use "divine light" to dissolve the spiritual impurities that are the source of all physical, emotional, and personal problems. According to his official biography,〔(Johrei History )〕 Okada was born to a poor family in Tokyo and, after many trials and tribulations, eventually made his fortune in the jewellery business. Initially a follower of Shinto offshoot Oomoto,〔(JapanFile - the website of Kansai Time Out magazine - Japanese culture, news, events, music, literature, and reporting )〕 Okada claimed to have received a special revelation from God in 1926, leading him to found a new religion in 1935 to spread the teachings. Okada soon expanded to open a rehabilitation center centering on the healing powers of light, but it was shut down in 1936 as a violation of the Medical Practitioners' Law (医師法違反).〔(岡田茂吉(1882-1955) )〕 The ''Sangetsu'' (山月) school of ikebana, inspired by Mokichi Okada, was founded in June 1972.〔http://www.sangetsu.org/〕 The Mokichi Okada Association (MOA) was established in 1980 to continue his work "toward the creation of a new civilization to be undertaken without confining Okada's principles and their implementation within a religious framework" ((MOA ) acquired a status of a legal entity as Limited Liability Intermediary Corporation in 2005, then transferred to one of general Corporation in 2009, officially called MOA International Corporation). Much of Okada's extensive art collection is now housed in the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, Japan. ==Nature Farming== (詳細はCommunications, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.〕 According to the International Nature Farming Research Center in Nagano, Japan, it is based on the theories that: * Fertilizers pollute the soil and weaken its power of production * Pests would breakout from the excessive use of fertilizers * The difference in disease incidence between resistant and susceptible plants is attributed to nutritional conditions inside the body. * Vegetables and fruits produced by nature farming taste better than those by chemical farming.〔Scientific Proof of Mokichi Okada's Nature Farming Theories by Xu, Hui-lian. Agricultural Experiment Station, International Nature Farming Research Center, Nagano〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mokichi Okada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|