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Books on Shinto and Japanese Religion

76 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

The "Greatest Problem"Trent E. Maxey The "Greatest Problem"Trent E. Maxey 2014 Cover of Before the Nation: Kokugaku and the Imagining of Community in Early Modern Japan Before the NationSusan L. Burns 2003 Cover of The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore The Book of YōkaiMichael Dylan Foster 2015 Cover of Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as a Combinatory Paradigm Buddhas and Kami in JapanMark Teeuwen and Fabio Rambelli (eds.) 2003 Cover of The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan The Catalpa BowCarmen Blacker 1975 Cover of Civilization and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan Civilization and MonstersGerald Figal 1999 Cover of A Collection of Tales from Uji: A Study and Translation of Uji Shūi Monogatari A Collection of Tales from UjiD. E. Mills D. E. Mills (trans.)1970 Cover of Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan Enduring IdentitiesJohn K. Nelson 2000 Engendering FaithBarbara Ruch (ed.) Engendering FaithBarbara Ruch (ed.) 2002 Engi-shikiFelicia G. Bock Engi-shikiFelicia G. Bock Felicia G. Bock (trans.)1970 Cover of Essentials of Shinto: An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings Essentials of ShintoStuart D. B. Picken 1994 The Feast of KingshipRobert S. Ellwood The Feast of KingshipRobert S. Ellwood 1973 Cover of The Fluid Pantheon: Gods of Medieval Japan The Fluid PantheonBernard Faure 2016 The Fox and the JewelKaren A. Smyers The Fox and the JewelKaren A. Smyers 1999 Cover of The Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and Folklore: Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities The Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and FolkloreMichael Bathgate 2004 Cover of Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Glimpses of Unfamiliar JapanLafcadio Hearn 1894 Cover of An Introduction to Yōkai Culture: Monsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese History An Introduction to Yōkai CultureKomatsu Kazuhiko Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (trans.)2017 Cover of Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period Japan's Modern MythsCarol Gluck 1985 Cover of Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien Japandemonium IllustratedHiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (trans.) Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (trans.)2017 Cover of Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present Japanese Demon LoreNoriko T. Reider 2010 Cover of Japanese Mythology Japanese MythologyJuliet Piggott 1969 Cover of Japanese Pilgrimage Japanese PilgrimageOliver Statler 1983 Cover of Japanese Tales Japanese TalesRoyall Tyler Royall Tyler (trans.)1987 Cover of Kitsune: Japan's Fox of Mystery, Romance, and Humor KitsuneKiyoshi Nozaki 1961 Cover of Kojiki KojikiDonald L. Philippi Donald L. Philippi (trans.)1968 The KojikiGustav Heldt The KojikiGustav Heldt Gustav Heldt (trans.)2014 Cover of The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters The KojikiBasil Hall Chamberlain Basil Hall Chamberlain (trans.)1882 Cover of Kokutai no Hongi: Cardinal Principles of the National Entity of Japan Kokutai no HongiJohn Owen Gauntlett (trans.) and Robert King Hall (ed.) John Owen Gauntlett (trans.), Robert King Hall (ed.)1949 Cover of Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things KwaidanLafcadio Hearn 1904 Cover of The Legends of Tono The Legends of TonoYanagita Kunio Ronald A. Morse (trans.)1975 Cover of Localizing Paradise: Kumano Pilgrimage and the Religious Landscape of Premodern Japan Localizing ParadiseD. Max Moerman 2005 Cover of Making Pilgrimages: Meaning and Practice in Shikoku Making PilgrimagesIan Reader 2005 Cover of The Mandala of the Mountain: Shugendō and Folk Religion The Mandala of the MountainMiyake Hitoshi Gaynor Sekimori (ed.)2005 Cover of The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei The Marathon Monks of Mount HieiJohn Stevens 1988 Cover of Matsuri: Festivals of a Japanese Town MatsuriMichael Ashkenazi 1993 Cover of Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition: The Nihon Ryōiki of the Monk Kyōkai Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist TraditionKyoko Motomochi Nakamura Kyoko Motomochi Nakamura (trans.)1973 Cover of Motoori Norinaga, 1730–1801 Motoori Norinaga, 1730–1801Shigeru Matsumoto 1970 Cover of A New History of Shinto A New History of ShintoJohn Breen and Mark Teeuwen 2010 Cover of Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 NihongiW. G. Aston W. G. Aston (trans.)1896 Cover of Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan: Buddhism and Its Persecution Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji JapanJames Edward Ketelaar 1990 Ōkagami, The Great MirrorHelen Craig McCullough Ōkagami, The Great MirrorHelen Craig McCullough Helen Craig McCullough (trans.)1980 Cover of Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yōkai Pandemonium and ParadeMichael Dylan Foster 2009 Cover of Pilgrimage in Popular Culture Pilgrimage in Popular CultureIan Reader and Tony Walter (eds.) 1993 Cover of The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga: A Hermeneutical Journey The Poetics of Motoori NorinagaMichael F. Marra Michael F. Marra (trans.)2007 Cover of Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan Practically ReligiousIan Reader and George J. Tanabe Jr. 1998 Cover of Protectors and Predators: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2 Protectors and PredatorsBernard Faure 2016 Cover of The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History The Protocol of the GodsAllan G. Grapard 1992 Cover of Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods: The Politics of a Pilgrimage Site in Japan, 1573–1912 Rearranging the Landscape of the GodsSarah Thal 2005 Records of Wind and EarthMichiko Y. Aoki Records of Wind and EarthMichiko Y. Aoki Michiko Y. Aoki (trans.)1997 Cover of Religion in Contemporary Japan Religion in Contemporary JapanIan Reader 1991 Religion in Japanese HistoryJoseph M. Kitagawa Religion in Japanese HistoryJoseph M. Kitagawa 1966 Cover of A Religious Study of the Mount Haguro Sect of Shugendō A Religious Study of the Mount Haguro Sect of ShugendōH. Byron Earhart 1970 Cover of Remembering Paradise: Nativism and Nostalgia in Eighteenth-Century Japan Remembering ParadisePeter Nosco 1990 Cover of Rice as Self: Japanese Identities through Time Rice as SelfEmiko Ohnuki-Tierney 1993 Cover of Saichō: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School SaichōPaul Groner 1984 The Seven Tengu ScrollsHaruko Wakabayashi The Seven Tengu ScrollsHaruko Wakabayashi 2012 Shingon BuddhismMinoru Kiyota Shingon BuddhismMinoru Kiyota 1978 Cover of Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism ShingonTaikō Yamasaki Richard and Cynthia Peterson (trans.)1988 Cover of Shinto and the State, 1868–1988 Shinto and the State, 1868–1988Helen Hardacre 1989 Cover of Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami Shinto in HistoryJohn Breen and Mark Teeuwen (eds.) 2000 Cover of Shinto: A History ShintoHelen Hardacre 2017 Cover of Shinto: The Kami Way ShintoSokyo Ono 1962 Cover of Shinto: The Way Home ShintoThomas P. Kasulis 2004 Cover of Shugendō: Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk Religion ShugendōMiyake Hitoshi Gaynor Sekimori (ed.)2001 Cover of A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital A Social History of the Ise ShrinesJohn Breen and Mark Teeuwen 2017 Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume OneWm. Theodore de Bary Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume OneWm. Theodore de Bary, Donald Keene, George Tanabe and Paul Varley (eds.) 2001 Cover of Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian CourtRobert Borgen 1986 Cover of Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection Tales of Times Now PastMarian Ury (trans.) Marian Ury (trans.)1979 The Tantric Ritual of JapanRichard Karl Payne The Tantric Ritual of JapanRichard Karl Payne 1991 Cover of Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism Things Seen and UnseenH. D. Harootunian 1988 Cover of The Weaving of Mantra: Kūkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse The Weaving of MantraRyūichi Abé 1999 Cover of When Tengu Talk: Hirata Atsutane's Ethnography of the Other World When Tengu TalkWilburn Hansen 2008 Cover of With a Single Glance: Buddhist Icon and Early Mikkyō Vision With a Single GlanceCynthea J. Bogel 2009 Cover of The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan The World of the Shining PrinceIvan Morris 1964 Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's PastJohn Breen (ed.) Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's PastJohn Breen (ed.) 2008 Cover of A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine A Year in the Life of a Shinto ShrineJohn K. Nelson 1996