Osashizu

In the Tenrikyo religion, the Osashizu (Japanese: おさしづ, also お指図 or 御指図, "Divine Directions") is a written record of oral revelations given by Izo Iburi.

[1] O- is an honorific prefix, while sashizu may refer to “instruction(s)” or “direction(s).” In Tenrikyo parlance, the term Osashizu technically has two senses, a broader and a narrower one.

The directions from 1887 to 1888, the earliest records of the Osashizu, are difficult to understand, possibly because the scribe was simply unable to write down all of the words that were said.

After the direction was completed, the ministers would read over what they had transcribed and locate any mistakes, misheard words, or missing phrases and prepare a clean copy.

Immediately after the end of the Second World War, the second Shinbashira Nakayama Shozen announced a restoration of Tenrikyo's scriptures and doctrines, including the reprinting and reissuing of the Osashizu.

[11] Selections of the Osashizu have been translated into English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Nepali, Chinese, and Korean.

Osashizu volumes