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In the first few years after 1887, the main scribe of the
Osashizu was probably Shobei Masuno. The directions from 1887 to 1888, the earliest records of the Osashizu, are difficult to understand, possibly because the scribe was simply unable to write down all of the words that were said. Eventually a
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When an inquirer wanted to request a divine revelation from Izo Iburi, the procedure was to approach an intermediary, who would relay the inquiry to the
Shinbashira (the leader of Tenrikyo, who at the time was Shinnosuke Nakayama), who in turn would relay it to Iburi. The directions in response to
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The directions in the
Osashizu have been classified into two types, "Timely Talks," which were unprompted revelations, and "Directions in Response to Inquiries," which were revelations provided in response to an inquiry. Individuals or groups would make inquiries about illness, natural disasters,
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Osashizu was released in series of thirty-two volumes, with the first volume published on 26 October 1927. A seminar on the Osashizu, also known as Tenrikyo's "2nd Doctrinal Seminar," was held in the summer of 1929. This seminar consisted of lectures on volumes one through fourteen, which had
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with a writing brush. After the direction was completed, the ministers would read over what they had transcribed and locate any mistakes, misheard words, or missing phrases and prepare a clean copy. Masajin Iburi (Izo Iburi's son) was the main scribe of the
Osashizu in the fourth decade of the
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A few years later, the
Osashizu was consolidated into a set of eight volumes from 1936 to 1937, honoring two important anniversaries – the 50th anniversary of Nakayama Miki's death and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Tenrikyo. The scripture was issued to all Tenrikyo churches as a
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announced a restoration of
Tenrikyo's scriptures and doctrines, including the reprinting and reissuing of the Osashizu. Because the printing mold from the 1930s could no longer be used, the decision was made to make a number of revisions to the scripture and republish it.
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system developed (it is unknown exactly when) where Iburi's directions would be transcribed by three ministers who were on duty at Iburi's residence. While a direction was being delivered, each of them would write a transcription of the direction on rough
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This revised and republished edition (おさしづ改修版) appeared between
October 1963 and January 1966. The preparation of the current edition involved, among other efforts, revising punctuation, which originally made use of only commas and no periods, applying
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already been published at that time, covering the divine directions recorded from 1887 to 1895. In
October 1930, the thirty-second volume was published, and in June 1931 an Osashizu supplement was published.
525:(pp. 71-73). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department. This work presents an edited translation of the following source: Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion (1997). Osashizu . In
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In 1939, however, the
Osashizu was recalled by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters due to tightening government policy regarding religious activities. Immediately after the end of the
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Tsujii, Masakazu (2001). "A perspective on the use of "brothers and sisters" in the Osashizu: all humankind as brothers and sisters, and spiritual brothers and sisters".
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Tenrikyo Church Headquarters has not published an English translation of the entire Osashizu. Selected translations of the Osashizu have been published under the titles,
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technically has two senses, a broader and a narrower one. In its broader sense, the Osashizu includes all of the oral revelations given by
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A pocket sized version of this edition was published in 1976, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Nakayama Miki's death.
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the inquiry would be written down while they were being delivered, and the transcriptions would be given to the inquirers.
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or the "Main Seat"). In its narrower sense, the Osashizu simply denotes the transcriptions of those revelations.
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Sawai, Yuichi (1986). "The origin of Tenrikyo – with reference to the Osashizu, the Divine Directions –".
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Ihashi, Yukie (1996). "The doctrinal expression: regarding the word "Parent"/"parent" in the Osashizu".
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Yamanaka, Shugo (2010). "The truth of the everliving Oyasama and the Osashizu, the Divine Directions".
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The scripture makes use of expressions in the local Yamato dialect as well as metaphorical language.
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