improve the Japanese flower arranging technique of ikebana for the Messianic Church. Yoichi is Okada's grandson, and he has a son, Masaaki, who is also active in the church leadership. Okada’s second daughter, Miya Yoshioka (Miya-sama) was born in 1925 as officially became a member of the Okada Official Spiritual Lineage in 1975. Also demonstrating exceptional ability in the ceramic arts and ikebana (art of flower arrangement), she held a love for the arts throughout her life until she passed away in 2017 at the age of 91. Okasa’s fourth son, Kunihiro Okada was born in 1932 and assumed his position in Okada’s Official Spiritual Lineage in 1975. Inheriting Okada’s ability in the arts, he demonstrated outstanding sensibility in fields such as metal craft and ceramics. Legacy His work was very influential in the area of Nature Farming, Japanese flower arranging, and art collections in Japan, while his spiritual influence lives on through various religious organisations. Sangetsu The Sangetsu (山月) school of ikebana, inspired by Mokichi Okada, was founded in June 1972. The Mokichi Okada Association (MOA) was established in 1980 to continue his work "toward the creation of a new civilization to be undertaken without confining Okada's principles and their implementation within a religious framework" (MOA acquired the status of a legal entity as a limited liability intermediary corporation in 2005, then transferred to one of general corporation in 2009, officially called MOA International Corporation). Much of Okada's extensive art collection is now housed in the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, Japan. Nature Farming In 1936, Okada established an agricultural system originally called "no fertilizer farming" or "Nature Farming". Offshoots such as the Sekai Kyusei Kyo, promoting "Kyusei nature farming", and the Mokichi Okada Association formed after his death to continue promoting the work in Japan and South-East Asia. According to the International Nature Farming Research Center in Nagano, Japan, it is based on the theories that: Fertilizers pollute the soil and weaken its power of production. Pests would break out from the excessive use of fertilizers The difference in disease incidence between resistant and susceptible plants is attributed to nutrition conditions inside the body. Vegetables and fruits produced by nature farming taste better than those by chemical farming. See also Masanobu Fukuoka Organic farming No-till farming References External links MOA International Home Page 1882 births 1955 deaths Founders of new religious movements Japanese art collectors Japanese religious