Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 21 (2012)

Bernard Faure
To our readers

Bernard Faure, A Religion in Search of a Founder? / Une religion en quête d’un fondateur ?

Early Yin-Yang Thought
* Herman OOMS, Yin-Yang’s Changing Clientele, 600–800
* Michael COMO, Onmyōji, the Earth God and Ghosts in Ancient Japan
* SHIGETA Shin’ichi, Onmyōdō and the Aristocratic Culture of Everyday Life in Heian Japan
* YAMASHITA Katsuaki, The Characteristics of On’yōdō and Related Texts

Medieval Onmyōdō
* Steven TRENSON, Shingon Divination Board Rituals and Rainmaking
* NISHIOKA Yoshifumi, Aspects of Shikiban-Based Mikkyō Rituals
* David T. BIALOCK, From Heike to Nomori no kagami: Onmyōdō and the Soundscapes of Medieval Japan
* Bernard FAURE, The God Daishōgun: From Calendar to Cult

Early Modern Onmyōdō
* HAYASHI Makoto, The Female Christian Yin-Yang Master
* KOIKE Jun’ichi, Onmyōdō and Folkloric Culture: Three Perspectives for the Development of Research
* Matthias HAYEK, Divinatory Practices and Knowledge in Early Modern Japan: Redefining Onmyōdō from the Inside

A “Modern” Onmyōdō Variant? The Izanagi-ryū
* SAITŌ Hideki, The Worship of Gozu Tennō and the Ritual World of the Izanagi-ryū
* Simone MAUCLAIRE, The Izanagi-ryū and the Theory of Universal Power
* UMENO Mitsuoki, The Origins of the Izanagi-ryū Ritual Techniques: On the Basis of the Izanagi saimon

Rapports de recherche / Research Reports
* IYANAGA Nobumi, La « possession » des esprits animaux (tsukimono) au Japon et la mythologie bouddhique

Comptes rendus / Book Reviews
* Donald S. LOPEZ, Jr., The Tibetan Book of the Dead. A Biography par François LACHAUD
* Donald S. LOPEZ, Jr., The Scientific Buddha. His Short and Happy Life par François LACHAUD
* Kenneth DEAN, Zheng Zhenman, Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain, volume 1 : Historical Introduction to the Return of the Gods ; volume 2 : A survey of Village Temples and Ritual Activities par Alain ARRAULT