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The Invention of Religion in JapanJason Ānanda Josephson

Superstitions & Folk Belief

The Invention of Religion in Japan

by Jason Ānanda Josephson

A study of how Meiji-era Japanese officials and intellectuals adopted the Western concept of religion and, alongside it, created the category of superstition (meishin). The book explains why many Japanese practices sit awkwardly in Western classifications.

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