Kurozumikyō

Kurozumikyō (黒住教, ) is a Shinto-based Japanese new religion founded in Okayama during the 19th century. In 1814, the religion's founder, Munetada Kurozumi (黒住宗忠), claimed to have a divine union with Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and chief kami in the Shinto pantheon. The religion is characterized by its daily worship of the sun at sunrise, called nippai (日拝). Kurozumikyō only worships the sun as its primary deity, a similarity also found in the Ancient Egyptian religion Atenism. Kurozumikyō believes that all kami (spirits) are the manifestations of a single supreme deity, namely Amaterasu.

==Beliefs== Sun worship, called nippai (日拝), is the core ritual of Kurozumikyō. The practice originates from Okayama folk religion, which also had nippai practices during the early 19th century.