Pagan, Shinto & Spiritual Book Reviews July 2017

Last updated on: July 31, 2017 at 9:38 pm by Megan Manson

Pagan, Shinto & Spiritual Book Reviews July 2017 2017-07-31T21:38:45+00:00 Megan Manson

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Brian Bocking, A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

(Routledge, 1997)

Exactly what it says in the title – an A-Z of Shinto-related, Japanese terminology. I flicked through the whole book, which was very interesting and meant I discovered a lot of new aspects of Shinto, such as obscure kami and practises. Generally, I thought the explanations were pretty good – clear and easy to understand. But there were two things I thought could have been added to improve it. Firstly, it could perhaps do with a few simple illustrations to help those unfamiliar with Shinto tools and architecture; this is pretty common in Japanese dictionaries. Secondly, there isn’t a single Japanese character in the whole book. I thought this was a considerable oversight – the kanji used to write Japanese words is very important, especially in matters pertaining to religion. Including kanji for each entry should have been an obvious thing to do, and would have greatly aided understanding for those who can read Japanese (and there’s a lot of non-Japanese people interested in Shinto who can). Still, a good resource for those researching into Shinto.

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