KOTANI Kimi

Co-founder with her brother-in-law of the ‘Society of Friends of the Spirits’ a Japanese Buddhist new religious movement with lay membership. She was a charismatic advocate for combating disasters and difficulties in society at large through more respectful reverencing of family and ancestral inheritance, more authentic moral responses as represented in the Lotus Sutra. Her reputation as a faith healer was also huge. Education of the heart was for her the continuing priority.

Life

• A very brief joint biography of Kotani and her brother-in-law Kubo Kakutaro

• Brief Britannica introduction to Reiyukai and Kotani's role within it