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Kita Koki manuscript

This week, I am posting my English translation of the Kita manuscript of the Divine Record (Koki), which was also once available on the Tenrikyo Resource Wiki. While the Kita manuscript is also generally judged to have been written in 1881, it is decidedly longer than the Nakayama manuscript. Moreover, Jirokichi Kita wrote in katakana instead of hiragana and his manuscript contains more kanji than other versions, which may stem from his educational background. Continue reading Kita Koki manuscript