is one of the thirteen Shinto sects.文化庁編 2017, p.4-6 It was founded by Hirayama Seisai (1815–1890) and is considered a form of Confucian Shinto.
History Hirayama Seisai was involved in diplomatic negotiations as a senior vassal of the Shogunate at the end of the Edo period. At the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, he turned to Shinto. He became a Shinto teacher in 1872, and rallied for independence as a Shinto Sect in 1879, which was gained in 1882.井上順孝『教派神道の形成』（弘文堂 1991年）
朝日日本歴史人物事典（朝日新聞出版）Sugada 1994, p.178-180
Masaaki Sugata "Old Shindo Revives" Tachibana Publishing, 1994
菅田正昭『古神道は甦る』橘出版、1994年 During his tenure as president, Mitake-kyo also gained independence.
After World War II, it became independent from the Sect Shinto federation alongside Tenrikyo.Inori and Tsudoi: A History of the 100th Anniversary of the Formation of the Shinto Federation of Churches, 1996, pp. 10-12. Still, in 1995, the president attended a Sect Shinto event the "100th Anniversary of the Formation of the Federation of Shinto Churches".
Shrines Shrines of Shinto Taiseikyo include
Tenshozan Shrine – Yugawara Town, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture Tenshozan Shrine branch shrine Hirayama Seisai Tomb – located in Yanaka Cemetery
References