is a Shinto-based Shinshūkyō (Japanese new religion) founded in 1881. It was founded by as a of Tenrikyo in Kyoto. Oku's earliest affiliated organization was called , which is not related to today's Tenrikyo-based new religion of the same name based in the in Ōtawara, Tochigi Prefecture.甘露台霊理斯道会
It is currently based in 616 Arai-chō, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.
History Early Tenrikyo missionaries in the Kyoto region and its vicinities such as and were active due to the relative proximity from the founding place of Tenrikyo to the particular missionary areas in the early Meiji era. Oku Rokubē later became involved in Tenrikyo and became acquainted with one of the two, Tatekawa Wasuke. Oku had a different view on how the Terikyo doctrine, particularly in the name of the deity. Oku believed the name of God is , in which it is a much more Buddhist-oriented term, while mainstream Tenrikyo doctrine expresses that the name of God is . Oku's other influence was his additional background in Onmyōdō.
Oku received the name of his confraternity in Kyoto from the Tenrikyo foundress, Nakayama Miki, as . The name coined by the foundress symbolized the core Tenrikyo theology of the underlying natural causality as shown via . There were disputes with the Tenrikyo headquarters during his tenure as a head of the confraternity. However, despite the uncomfortable relationship, he managed to preserve the legacies of the Tenrikyo's foundress.
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