Subject
Onmyōji 陰陽師
The diviners of the Japanese court, and civil servants before anything else. They kept the calendar, watched the sky for anomalies, and told emperors and aristocrats which days and which directions were safe — readings that carried real weight at court.
Notes
- Chitoku and the Pirates of Harima A provincial diviner appears once, does something remarkable, and walks back into obscurity.
- What the Onmyōji Actually Did They kept the calendar, watched the sky, and told emperors which days and which directions were safe.
- Seimei and Dōman: The Making of a Rival Abe no Seimei's great rival, Ashiya Dōman, is barely a name in the early story collections. How storytellers, a woodblock life and the stage built him a career.
Volumes
Mystics of Old Japan
SEIMEI VOL.01
Tales of a Diviner's Beginnings
Nine tales of the young Abe no Seimei — the fox-born boy who became the most famous diviner of the Heian court.
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Mystics of Old Japan
SEIMEI VOL.02
Tales of a Diviner at Court and Beyond
Seventeen tales of Abe no Seimei at the height of his power — the great diviner of the Heian court, the rival who would not yield, and the legends that continued after his death.
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Japanese Horror Folktales Collection
ONMYOJI
Tales of the Diviners of Old Japan
Twenty-six Japanese tales of the onmyōji — the diviners who read dreams, omens, forbidden days, and the shape of misfortune for the imperial court.
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