Ikurō Teshima (手島アブラハム郁郎, Teshima Abraham Ikurō; 1910 – 24 December 1973) was a Japanese religious figure and the founder of the Makuya movement (also known as the Original Gospel Movement), a new religious movement in Japan.
Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Teshima was baptized as a Protestant at the age of fifteen and subsequently joined the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) founded by Uchimura Kanzō. He studied under Tsukamoto Toraji, a disciple of Uchimura. Other figures who significantly influenced his beliefs included Toyohiko Kagawa, Sadhu Sundar Singh, and Martin Buber.
During World War II, Teshima served as a civilian employee in Korea and China, returning to Kumamoto in 1945. In 1947, after opposing the demolition of a local school building, a warrant was issued for his arrest, prompting him to flee to Mount Aso in central Kyūshū. Teshima reported having a direct, face-to-face encounter with God while staying there. He subsequently began a ministry, establishing a Bible study group that grew into the movement first known as the Genshi Fukuin Undō ("Original Gospel Movement") and later as Makuya (幕屋, meaning "Tabernacle"). The movement was established in 1948.
Teshima was notable for his fervent identification with the State of Israel, regarding the establishment of Israel and the unification of Jerusalem as the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. The Makuya movement has sent members to Israeli kibbutzim, with Heftziba serving as the primary kibbutz for Makuya students, and has made pilgrimages to Jerusalem. During the Six-Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973), Teshima urged his followers to support Israel. In 1973, despite suffering from terminal cirrhosis, he organized a pro-Israel demonstration in front of the Japanese Diet building in Tokyo — reportedly the first such demonstration in Japan. He died three weeks later on Christmas Eve, 1973. His name was inscribed twice on the Golden Book of the Jewish National Fund — in 1967 and again in 1974.
Teshima's major published works include Introduction to the Original Gospel Faith (1970) and The Love of the Holy Spirit (1991).
