An interesting fact to be revealed, the big question that will be answered from two Japan-Jewish history researchers namely Pastor Arimasa Kubo and Joseph Eidelberg. Both nations seem to be different, the Japanese and Jews, turned out to have much in common in ancient tradition.
The first named Arimasa Kubo.
He is a native Japanese person who was born in the city of Itami in Hyogo in 1955 and graduated from the Tokyo Bible Seminary in 1982. At age -22 years Arimasa Kubo has gained the confidence to lead the Remnant missionary magazine and doing ministry in the Church of Tokyo for six years. Currently, Pastor Arimasa Kubo lead Remnant Publishing and tenured in the Bible and Japan Forum.Arimasa Kubo conduct in-depth research on the original tradition of the Japanese and Jews. He found a lot of similarities between them to believe that the ancestors of the Japanese people actually still Jew of the lost tribes. The research results contained in many articles and books. One is a book called "Israelites Came o Ancient Japan".
The second.
Joseph Eidelberg which is a Jewish researcher who wrote the book "The Biblical Hebrew Origin of the Japanese People".A small portion similarities between the ancient tradition of the Japanese people with ancient traditions of the Jews or the Israelites that came from the book Pastor Arimasa Kubo are:
Ontohsai And Story Ishaq.
1. One of the similarities between the ancient tradition of the Jewish nation of Japan are in a traditional ceremony. There is a festival or ceremony in Japan that illustrate the story of Ishaq. The prefecture of Nagano, Japan, there is a large Shinto shrine named "Suwa-Taisha". Shinto itself an original Japanese traditional religion who worship Amaterasu, the Sun God, just like the ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra, the Sun God.Every April 15, at Suwa-Taisha held a traditional festival called "Ontohsai". This festival depicts the story of Isaac as contained in Chapter 22 of Genesis (Genesis), the story of Abraham is about to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Festival "Ontohsai" held since ancient times and is considered the most important festival in "Suwa-Taisha".
Next to the shrine "Suwa-Taisha", there is a mountain called Mt. Moriya (in Japanese called "Moriya-san"). Residents in the area call the god of Mount Moriya Suwa as "Moriya no kami", meaning "god of Moriya". At the festival, a boy tied with a rope on a wooden pillar, then placed on a bamboo mat. A Shinto priest approached the children while preparing knife. Before the knife was swung, suddenly came a messenger who then freed the boy from ritual sacrifice. This of course reminds us of the story when Ishaq was released after an angel came to Abraham.
Similar rituals contained in the Muslim tradition known as Eid al-Adha, only in Islam that would be sacrificed by Abraham was Ishmael not Isaac as an understanding of Christians. However, in Japan, in this festival is sacrificed is 75-tailed deer, which one of them is believed to be deformed ears. This deer is believed to have been prepared by God. This may have something to do with the ram which God prepared and then sacrificed after Ishaq free. But in ancient times, people think that the habits of deer sacrifice this is a strange thing, because the sacrifice of animals is not a tradition of Shintoism.
Residents refer to this festival as a "festival for the god Misakuchi". "Misakuchi" probably comes from "mi-isaku-chi". "Mi" means "big", "isaku" may be "Isaac" (in Hebrew is "Yitzhak"), and "chi" is something (a kind of particle-pen) were used to end a word. Apparently the Suwa made Isaac as a god, probably due to the influence of the pagans.
Now sacrifice the boy and his release is no longer practiced, but there we can still see wooden pillars called "oniye-basira" which means "pillar sacrifice" (sacrifice-pillar). Now people use animals as a replacement imitation of the original star in carrying out the sacrifice. For the people in the Meiji era, approximately one century ago, tying a boy who is followed by the sacrifice of animals considered a barbaric act, and the habit is stopped. But the festival itself until the day it is still in progress.
Child sacrifice these men maintained until the beginning of the Meiji era. Masumi Sugae, a Japanese scholar and registrar journey of life in the Edo period, approximately two centuries ago, jot down notes his journey and recorded what he saw in Suwa.
This entry shows information about the "Ontohsai". The note says that the sacrifice boy and his release, as well as the sacrifice of an animal, is still ongoing at the time of Sugae. Note Sugae is stored in a museum near Suwa-Taisha.
The festival is maintained by the Moriya family since time immemorial. Moriya family think that "Moriya-no-kami" (god Moriya) is their ancestral gods. And they think that "Mount Moriya" is their holy places. The name "Moriya" probably came from "Moriah" (in Hebrew is "Moriyyah") which is also contained in the Gospel Genesis 22: 2. Family Moriya organizes the festival for 78 generations.
The symbols and the ancient traditions of Japan seems to be the real information that leads us that Japan actually resembles the Jewish tradition. And this is the evidence that reveals the continuation of such things.
2. If we go to the Imperial House of Japan, at the top we will find the symbol sunflower with 16 petals. Flower symbol is identical to the symbol sunflower in front of the Temple of Herod, the gates of Jerusalem. Both this decoration has existed since very ancient times, both in Japan as well as in Herod
Symbol of the Star of David as a symbol of the ancient Jewish nation also scattered in Ise-jingu, a Shinto shrine to the Imperial House of Japan. Ise-jingu in Mie prefecture, Japan, is a Shinto shrine that was built for the Imperial House of Japan. On both sides of the road to the temple there are lamps made of stone. In every lamps are carving david star, near the peak. Ornaments used in the inner shrine in Ise-jingu also the Star of David. It has existed since ancient times. In Kyoto prefecture, there is a temple "Manai-Jinja", a Temple Ise-jingu original. Shape of the Star of David is also scattered in this temple. Jewish synagogues scattered in Europe since ancient times also carve decorations to form the Star of David, just like the one in Japan.
Yamabusi and Phylactery.
The religious leaders of Japan called "Yamabushi". In the greatness of clothing, they commonly put down a black box in their foreheads. It's the same with the Jews who put Phylactery (small leather boxes containing Hebrew texts) are also in the forehead. Yamabushi are religious leaders who are in the practice and only available in Japan. They are now regarded as part of the Japanese Buddhism, but surprisingly, Buddhism in China, Korea, or India, do not have this habit. Habits "Yamabushi" has existed in Japan before Buddhism entered Japan in the 7th century.3. What to Wear "Yamabushi" basically white. On his forehead, they put a small black box called "Tokin", which is tied to his head with a black strap. They really resemble the Jews who put phylactery (black box) in the forehead with using black strap. Size "Tokin" This is almost equal to the size of the property of the Jewish phylactery. But "Tokin" round-shaped and look like a flower. There are only two people in the world who put a box in the forehead, namely Israel and Japan.
Shofar, a trumpet Jews.
In addition to wearing a box on his forehead, Yamabusi also commonly use large sea shells shaped like the horns that are used by blowing for religious rituals. This is very similar to the Jews blow the shofar, the ram horns. Yamabusi sound produced is similar to the sound of the shofar. It could be, because in Japan there are no sheep, then they use large shells.Another belief of Yamabusi mountain is regarded as a sacred place them. It's the same with the belief of the Jews who regard their sacred mountain is also the place. The Ten Commandments (Torah) derived at Mount Sinai and Jerusalem also is a city that is on the mountain.
Torah and Tora-no-Maki.
In Japan there is a legend about the "mite". He stayed on the mountain and had a body shape similar to "Yamabushi". He has a supernatural ability. Ninja or spies in ancient times that work for his master, often to the "mite" in the mountains to get from her supernatural abilities. After giving strength, "Tengu" gives "Ninja" a "tora-no-maki" (rolls "tora"). "The roll tora" is regarded as the "bible" that are useful in every issue. Until now the Japanese people still use this book in everyday life. Tota-No-Maki is very similar to the name "Torah" or Torah.Omikoshi and the Ark of the Covenant.
Omikoshi in Japan is also similar to the Ark of the Covenant (the Ark). In the Bible, it is written that David or David brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord into Jerusalem. "David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units, amounting to thousands went to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-Edom with joy. ... Then David is dressed in a robe made of fine linen-so were the Levites who were carrying the ark , and the singers, and Keniah, who served sang the chorus. David also wore a linen ephod. So all Israel brought the ark of the Lord, and cheering, with sounding the ram horns and trumpets, and cymbals, and playing a lyre ( U-shaped stringed instrument, used in ancient times-pen) and harp. "Try to compare with Omikoshi in Japan. When Japanese people carry 'Omikoshi' that looks too similar to the Ark of the Covenant at the time of the festival, the people of Japan are also singing and dancing in front of him, while also cheering, by playing traditional musical instruments of music. Is not all of this is also similar to Jewish tradition?
Japanese people transporting Omikoshi on their shoulders with poles - usually two poles. Likewise, the Jewish people, "The Levites carry the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses commanded by the word of God." (Genesis 1 15:15).
Ark Israel has two poles (Exodus 25: 10-15). The Bible also says that the poles are attached to the ark by the four rings "on all fours" (Exodus 25:12). So the poles are attached to the base of the ark. This is equivalent to Omikoshi.
Israeli ark had two statues of cherubim (angels second in the hierarchy of heaven) made of gold at the peak. Cherubim, creatures of heaven or angels with wings like a bird. And Omikoshi also has a golden bird, called "Ho-oh", at the peak, which is an imaginary bird of paradise and mysterious creatures. Ark of the Jews entirely coated with gold, together with Omikoshi. His size is the same, as well as the accompanying dance.
In the festival "Gion-jinja" in Shinto shrines in Kyoto, Omikoshi transporting people and get into the water and cross the river. Is not this similar to the Jewish tradition that carry the ark when it crossed the Jordan after the exodus from Egypt? On an island in the Inland Sea, Seto, Japan, the people chosen as the carrier Omikoshi live together in a house for one week before they work. This is to prevent pollution on themselves. Furthermore, on the day before transporting Omikoshi, they bathe in sea water to cleanse themselves. It's the same with Jewish custom, "So the priests and the Levites purified themselves to bring the ark of the God of Israel." (Genesis 1 15:14).
The Bible says that after the ark entered Jerusalem and the line stops; "David share a piece of bread, a piece of meat, and a raisin cake, to every man of Israel, both male and female" (Genesis 1 16: 3). This is similar to the custom in Japan. In Japan, after the festival finished, confectionery distributed to everyone.
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