Nakayama Zenye

Nakayama Zenye (中山 善衞, July 7, 1932 – June 24, 2014) was the third Shinbashira of Tenrikyo. He was the first son of Nakayama Shōzen, the second Shinbashira, and the great-great-grandson of Nakayama Miki, the foundress of Tenrikyo. He held the office from November 14, 1967 until April 26, 1998.

Nakayama Zenye
Image from The Short History of Tenrikyo by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
Born	7 July 1932 Tenri, Japan
Died	24 June 2014 Tenri, Japan

Further reading

• Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, ed. (2018). "Nakayama Zenye". Kaitei Tenrikyō jiten (3rd ed.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyō Dōyūsha. pp. 729–731. ISBN 978-4-903058-96-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)