1st Edition
Daoism in Japan Chinese traditions and their influence on Japanese religious culture
Introduction Conjuring Cultures: Daoism in Japan Jeffrey L. Richey Part 1: Arrivals 1. Pleiades Retrieved: A Chinese Asterism’s Journey to Japan Jonathan Smith 2. Daoist Deities in Ancient Japan: Household Deities, Jade Women and Popular Religious Practice Michael Como 3. Framing Daoist Fragments, 670-750 Herman Ooms 4. Daoist Resonance in a "Perfected Immortal": A Case Study of Awata no Ason Mahito N. Harry Rothschild and Kristen Knapp Part 2: Assimilations 5. Onmyōdō Divination Techniques and Daoism Kunio Miura (trans. Stephen Eskildsen) 6. The Laŏzĭ and the Emergence of Shintō at Ise Mark Teeuwen 7. Demarcation from Daoism in Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō Michael Conway 8. Kōshin: Expelling Daoist Demons with Buddhist Means Livia Kohn Part 3: Apparitions 9. The Zhuāngzĭ, Haikai, and the Poetry of Bashō Peipei Qiu 10. The Eight Trigrams and Their Changes: Divination in Early Modern Japan Matthias Hayek 11. Crossing the Borders: The Magical Practices of Izanagi-ryū Carolyn Pang
Biography
Jeffrey L. Richey is Associate Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Berea College, USA, and the author of Confucius in East Asia: Confucianism’s History in China, Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam (2013), among other works on East Asian religious history.
