Japanese Religion

Japanese Collection

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Bibliographies

Nihon shukyoshi kenkyu bunken mokuroku / 日本宗教史研究文献目錄 Japanese
Tokyo : Iwata Shoin, 1995-2000. 東京 : 岩田書院, 1995-2000.
Main Japanese Collection Reference Z7757.J3 N54 1995

Shukyo no hon zenjoho / 宗敎の本全情報 Japanese
Published Tōkyō : Nichigai Asoshiētsu : hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten. 東京 : 日外アソシエーツ : 発売元紀伊國屋書店.
1986-1995: Main Japanese Collection Reference Z7751 .S53 1995
1995-2000: Main Japanese Collection Reference Z7751 .S54 2000

2000-2005: In Process

Bibliography Religion and Thought in Early Modern Japan English

Compiled © Janine Sawada with James McMullen

http://emjnet.osu.edu/EMJContentFolders/Bibliographies/Intellectual%20and%20Religious%20History/Organization_Intellectual.htm

Coverage: 1980- 2000

Alphabetical order by sub-fields

*** Buddhism 仏教 ***

Bibliographical sources for Buddhist studies : from the viewpoint of Buddhist philology English

Sueki, Yasuhiro.
Tokyo : The International Institute for Buddhist Studies of the International College for Advan
MAIN Library BQ260 .S84 1998

Bukkyosho somokuroku / 仏教書総目録 Japanese

BUkkyosho Somokuroku Kankokai. 仏教書総目録刊行会.

http://www.bukkyosho.gr.jp/

This publishers' catalog is an annual publication. Online edition is searchable.

East Asian Buddhist Studies: A Reference Guide English

First compiled by Robert Buswell ; revised and expanded by William Bodiford ; CJK Glyphs 漢字 initially inserted by Charles Muller.

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/ealc/refguide/refguide.htm

Nihon Bukkyō no bunken gaido / 日本仏教の文献ガイド Japanese
Kyoto-shi : Hozokan, 2001. 京都市 : 法藏館, 2001.
MAIN Japanese Collection BQ670 .N565 1998 v.3

*** Shinto 神道 ***

Shinto-bibliography in Western languages : bibliography on Shintō and religious sects, intellectual schools and movements influenced by Shintoism English
Schwade, Arcadio.

Leiden : Brill, 1986.
MAIN Library Z7835.S5 S39 1986

*** New Religions 新興宗教 ***

Bibliography of Japanese new religions, with annotations and an introduction to Japanese new religions at home and abroad English
Richmond, Surrey : Japan Library, 1999.
Main Library BL2207.5 .B53 1999

The new religions of Japan : a bibliography of western-language materials English
Author Earhart, H. Byron.

Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese studies, University of Michigan, 1983.
Main Library Z7834.J3 E2 1983

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Nihon no shinbutsu no jiten / 日本の神仏の辞典 Japanese
Tokyo : Taishukan Shoten, 2001. 東京 : 大修館書店, 2001.
Main Japanese Collection Reference BL2202 .N48 2001

Nihon shukyo jiten / 日本宗教事典 Japanese
Murakami, Shigeyoshi, 1928- 村上　重良, 1928-

Tokyo : Kodansha, Showa 63 [1988] 東京 : 講談社, 昭和 63 [1988]
Main Japanese Collection BL2202 .M83 1988

*** Buddhism 仏教 ***

Bukkyo daijiten = Buddhica / 佛教大事典 = Buddhica Japanese
Tokyo : Shogakkan, 1988. 東京 : 小学館, 1988.
Main Japanese Collection Reference BQ130 .B84 1988

Encyclopedia of Buddhism
New York : Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson/Gale, c2004.
Main Oversize FOLIO BQ128 .E62 2004

Sogo Bukkyo daijiten / 総合佛教大辞典 Japanese

Kyoto-shi : Hozokan, 1987. 京都市 : 法蔵館, 1987.
Main Japanese Collection BQ130 .S64 1987

Nihon bukkyoshi jiten / 日本仏教史辞典 Japanese
Tokyo : Yoshikawa kōbunkan, 1999. 東京 : 吉川弘文館, 1999
Main Japanese Collection Reference BQ670 .N55 1999

*** Shinto 神道 ***

A popular dictionary of Shinto English

Bocking, Brian, 1951-

Richmond, Surrey [U.K.] : Curzon Press, 1996.

Main Library BL2216.1 .B63 1996

Historical dictionary of Shinto English

Picken, Stuart D. B.

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Main Reference Collection BL2216.1 .P53 2002

Shinto jiten / 神道事典 Japanese
Tokyo : Kobundo, Heisei 6 [1994] 東京 : 弘文堂, 平成 6 [1994]
Main Japanese Collection BL2220 .S45 1994

Encyclopedia of Shinto English

Kokugakuin University 21st Century Centers of Excellence Program, "Establishment of a National Learning Institute for the Dissemination of Research on Shinto and Japanese Culture"

http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/

English translation version of the above. Chapter 2. Kami (Deities), 4. Jinja (Shrines), and 8. Schools, Groups, and Personalities have been completed.

Shinto jiten / 神道辞典 Japanese

Tokyo : Jinja Shinposha, Showa 62 [1987] 東京 : 神社新報社, 昭和62 [1987]

Main Japanese Collection BL2216.1 .S45 1990

Shinto shi daijiten / 神道史大辞典 Japanese
Tokyo : Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2004. 東京 : 吉川弘文館, 2004.
Main Japanese Collection Reference BL2216.1 .S56 2004

*** New Religions 新興宗教 ***

Shinshukyo jiten / 新宗教事典 Japanese
Tokyo : Kobundo, Heisei 2 [1990] 東京 : 弘文堂, 平成 2 [1990]
Main Japanese Collection Reference BL2207.5 .S45 1990
Honbunhen (1994) : On Order

Shinshukyo kyodan, jinbutsu jiten / 新宗教教団・人物事典 Japanese
Tokyo : Kobundo, Heisei 8 [1996] 東京 : 弘文堂, 平成 8 [1996]
Main Japanese Collection Reference BL2207.5 .S46 1996

Guides

Nanzan guide to Japanese religions English

Honolulu : University of Hawai’i Press, c2006.

Main Library BL2210.5 .N36 2006

Chronology

Nihon shukyoshi nenpyo / 日本宗教史年表 Japanese
Tokyo : Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2004. 東京 : 河出書房新社, 2004.
Main Japanese Collection BL2202.3 .N56 2004

*** Buddhism 仏教 ***

Bukkyo nenpyo / 仏教年表 Japanese
Tokyo : Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1994. 東京 : 新人物往来社, 1994.

Main Japanese Collection BQ274 .B83 1994

Bukkyo shi nenpyo / 仏教史年表 Japanese
Kyoto-shi : Hozokan, 1979. 京都市　: 法藏館, 1979.
Main Japanese Collection BQ274 .B84 1979

Databases/Indexes

Academic Search Elite English

EBSCO

http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ebsco/academic

Academic Search Elite is a multi-displinary database indexing more than 1,700 journals.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) English
The Association for Asian Studies
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/bas

The Bibliography of Asian Studies indexes western language journal articles and book chapters on Asian Studies topics sicne 1971.

CiNii Japanese

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/

CiNii is one of the services offered by the National Institute of Informatics. This database provides citation information for Japanese academic papers. Some full-text available online.

Zasshi kiji sakuin / 雑誌記事索引 Japanese

http://opac.ndl.go.jp/

This is a Japanese periodical database created by the National Diet Library.

Journals

Japanese journal of religious studies English

Nagoya : Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, 1974-

Main Library

Online

Japanese religions English

Kyoto, Japan : Christian Center for the Study of Japanese Religions

Main Library

The journal of Asian studies English
Ann Arbor, Mich., etc., Association for Asian Studies, etc.