Below is the list of sources cited in this website. See also the Resources main page for an alphabetized list of over 280 academic references on Japanese religions and religiousness.
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Antoine, J. 2004. Buddha in the Land of the Kami (7th - 12th centuries). Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Ashkenazi, M. 1993. Matsuri: Festivals of a Japanese Town. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Astley, T. 2006. "New Religions." In Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, P. Swanson and C. Clark, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 91-114.
Ballou, R. 1945. Shinto, the Unconquered Enemy; Japan's Doctrine of Racial Superiority and World Conquest. New York: The Viking Press.
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Covell, S. 2005. Japanese Temple Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Earhart, H. 2004. Japanese Religion: Unity and Diversity. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 35.
Ellwood, R. 2008. Introducing Japanese Religion. New York: Routledge, 58, 224.
Kawahashi, N. 2006. "Gender Issues in Japanese Religions." In Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, Swanson, P. and C. Chilson, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 327.
Kawano, S. 2005. Ritual Practice in Modern Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 23.
Kisala, R. 2006. "Japanese Religions." In Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, P. Swanson and C. Clark, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 4-6, 11-12.
Lafleur, W. 1994. Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
LaFleur, W. 1999. "Death and Beyond (Japan)." In The Life of Buddhism, Reynolds, F. and J. Carbine, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 797.
Mason, P. 1993. History of Japanese Art. New York: Harry Abrams, Inc.
Matsumura, K. 2006. "Ancient Japan and Religion." In Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, P. Swanson and C. Clark, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 136.
Matsuo, K. 2007. A History of Japanese Buddhism. Folkestone, UK: Global Oriental.
Payne, R. 2006. "The Ritual Culture of Japan." In Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, P. Swanson and C. Clark, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 239.
Payne, Richard Karl. 2006. Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism. New York: Routledge.
Reader, I & G. Tanabe, Jr. 1998. Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2.
Reader, I. 1991. Religion in Contemporary Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 29, 37, 40-41, 48, 60-62, 65-66, 71-72, 79, 81, 91, 98-100, 117-120, 179, 247.
Reider, N. 2003. “Transformation of the Oni: From the Frightening and Diabolical to the Cute and Sexy.” Asian Folklore Studies 62: 133-157.
Reider, Noriko T. 2003. “Transformation of the Oni: From the Frightening and Diabolical to the Cute and Sexy.” Asian Folklore Studies 62: 133-157.
Roemer, Michael K. 2006. "Religious Tourism in Japan: Kyōto's Gion Festival." In On the Road to Being There: Studies in Pilgrimage and Tourism in Late Modernity, ed. William H. Swatos, Jr., 187-218. Boston, MA: Brill Leiden.
Smyers, K. 1998. The Fox and the Jewel. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Strong, J. 2008. The Experience of Buddhism, 3rd edn. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 330.
Sumiyoshi Taisha: Welcome to Sumiyoshi Shrine, one of the most prestigious in Japan (pamphlet distributed by Sumiyoshi Taisha).
Swanson, P. & C Chilson. 2006. Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Tōdai-ji Ticket Information
Ueda, K. 1996. "Shinto." In Religion in Japanese Culture, Tamaru, N. and D. Reid, eds. Tokyo: Kodansha, 38.
Van Voorst, R. 2008. Anthology of World Scriptures, 6th edn. USA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Wilkinson, P. 2008. Religions: Beliefs, Ceremonies, Festivals, Gods, Sects, and Sacred Texts. New York: DK Publications.
Yasaka Shrine Booklet
Yoshida, K. 2006. "Religion in the Classical Period." In Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions, Swanson, P. and C. Chilson, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 145-147.