NAKAYAMA, MIKI

(1798-1887)

The founder ofTenrikyo. Miki was a poor peasant farmer's wife who likeNao, DeguchiofOmotounderwent desperate hardship before the god Tenri-o-no-mikoto revealed himself through her and endowed her with spiritual powers. She is known as 'oya-sama' ('my lady mother') within Tenrikyo.