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Tori: Copyright J.B. Hare 1999, All Rights Reserved Shinto and Japanese Religions

This section has scriptures of the Shinto religion, as well as other texts that relate to the spirituality of Japan, which combines Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, Animism and other themes. There is also a collection of Ainu Texts.


Shinto Scripture

The Kojiki Basil Hall Chamberlain, tr. [1919]

The Kojiki An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation.

The Nihongi (excerpts), translated by W.G. Ashton, 1896
Nihongi Part 1 44,332 bytes
Nihongi Part 2 42,202 bytes
Nihongi Part 3 51,097 bytes
Nihongi Part 4 23,380 bytes

The Yengishiki or Shinto Rituals 21,158 bytes

Kogoshui: Gleanings from Ancient Stories translated by Genchi Katō and Hikoshirō Hoshino [1926].


Japanese Spirituality and Folklore

LAFCADIO HEARN
In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn [1899].
Gleanings In Buddha-Fields by Lafcadio Hearn [1897].
Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn [1904].
Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn [1904]
One of Hearn's last books, this substantial volume is a highly readable history of Shinto in Japan, and its interaction with Buddhism and Christianity; highly recommended for outsiders who want to understand the Japanese sprit and culture.

KAKUZO OKAKURA
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura 108,498 bytes.
This book discusses the aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and its connection to the Japanese world-view as a whole.

The Ideals of the East by Kakuzo Okakura [1904]
Learn about the evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism.

The Shundai Zatsuwa (A Japanese Philosopher)
By Kyuso (Muro Naokiyo). This text is an account of Japanese Neo-Confucian thought.

Bushido, The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe [1905].
This short and very readable book describes the code of honor of the Samurai and Japanese feudalism, which is essential to understanding many aspects of Japanese society and history.

The Nō Plays of Japan by Arthur Waley [1921].
Translations of a selection of Nō dramas, which have deep connections with Japanese Buddhism, Shinto, and Japanese folklore.

Japanese Fairy Tales Second Series. By Teresa Peirce Williston, Illustrated by Sanchi Ogawa [1911]

The Story of Gio from the Heike Monogatari, retold by Ridgely Torrence [1935, Copyright not renewed]

A Hundred Verses from Old Japan (the Hyakunin-isshu), translated by William N. Porter [1909]
A wonderful thousand-year-old collection of Tanka poetry.


Ainu

Ainu Texts This is a page which links all of the Ainu resources at sacred-texts.

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