Shinto

Pages

• Glossary — A shelf-specific glossary starter for the Shinto shelf.
• Introduction to Shinto — A critical introduction to Shinto as kami relation, shrine practice, mythic court memory, purification, matsuri, Buddhist entanglement, kokugaku, State Shinto, and contemporary Japanese religious life.
• Kogoshui — Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Katō and Hoshino) — An ancient Japanese historical record from 807 CE, presenting the traditions of the Imbe priestly clan and their role in the founding myths of Shinto
• Kogoshui — Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Katō and Hoshino) — An ancient Japanese historical record from 807 CE, presenting the traditions of the Imbe priestly clan and their role in the founding myths of Shinto
• Kojiki — Basil Hall Chamberlain — Japan's oldest surviving chronicle, recording the creation of the islands, the age of the gods, and the reigns of the early emperors. Basil Hall Chamberlain's 1882 translation from Classical Japanese.
• Nihongi Vol 2 — W.G. Aston — The Nihongi, or Chronicles of Japan, Volume II — covering Books XVII through XXX (507–697 AD). W.G. Aston's 1896 English translation of the later imperial reigns, the introduction of Buddhism, and the political transformation of Japan.
• Reader's Guide to Shinto — A reader guide to the Shinto shelf in the Good Works Library.
• The Kojiki — Records of Ancient Matters (Chamberlain) — The foundational text of Shinto — Japan's creation mythology, divine genealogies, and early imperial chronicles, translated from the oldest extant Japanese literary work (712 CE)
• The Nihongi — Chronicles of Japan, Excerpts (Aston) — Excerpts from the Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan), the second of the two great Japanese national chronicles, covering the Age of the Gods and the founding of the imperial line
• The Yengishiki — Shinto Rituals — The ancient Shinto liturgical prayers and ritual formulae from the Yengishiki (Engishiki), compiled in 927 CE, preserving the ceremonial voice of early Japanese religion