Hirayama Seisai

Hirayama Seisai (平山省斎; 1815–1890) was a Japanese Shinto priest and government official.[1] Appointed head priest of Hikawa Shrine in 1876, he brought together disconnected groups of mountain ascetics to form the Ontake-kyō and Taiseikyō sects of Shinto.[2]

Citations

  1. ↑ Hardacre 1988, p. 306.
  2. ↑ Hardacre 1988, p. 306–307.

References

  • Hardacre, Helen (February 1988). "The Shintō Priesthood in Early Meiji Japan: Preliminary Inquiries". History of Religions. 27 (3): 294–320. doi:10.1086/463124.
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