High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nakayama Miki (?? ???, June 2, 1798 – February 18, 1887) was the Japanese foundress of Tenrikyo who is worshiped by that religion as the Shrine of God the Parent. Tenrikyo is, arguably, the largest current religion to have a woman founder. The official Tenrikyo biography states she was a holy woman born to a wealthy farming family in what is now Nara prefecture. She was said to be very devout and wished to become a Buddhist nun, but was forced into a difficult marriage to Nakayama Zembei which she bore with what followers of Tenrikyo regard as admirable patience and virtue. According to the Tenrikyo scriptures, in 1838, at the age of 40, she became a medium for God (the religion is essentially monotheistic) after taking part in a Buddhist exorcism ceremony. This being told her: "I am the general of Heaven. I am the true and original God. I have descended from Heaven to save all human beings, and I want Miki to be the shrine of God." She...

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