The perfect Christmas present from Japan Review. I started this translation (an 18th c. Shinto/Buddhist/Shugendo text) in the PhD years. It speaks to religion-making in the Edo period with all the regional interests, economics, and dicey politics thrown in https://t.co/vmD5BW4vLU

My book review of "Defining Shugendo" is out now, for those interested in Japanese mountain asceticism #Anthrotwitter @AARWeb @ssjj_jrnl @ausreligion @UVicReligioNews @UofTReligion @MarkMichaelRowe @mclaughlin_levi @calebscarter @erica_baffelli https://t.co/8c9Me61EiV

Another new publication worth checking out: a collection of essays and newly available documents on the Kaisei-maru, the western-style warship built by Sendai Domain at the end of the Tokugawa period. https://t.co/8lVnSbxSnQ https://t.co/yIhPchrngQ

New publication alert: the diary of the Marukichi merchant house, covering the turbulent years from 1783-1844. A really invaluable (and freely available) source for the economic and social history of Tokugawa Japan. https://t.co/54jiv61b4I https://t.co/iA60pj5Bl9