Article ID: CBB001320707

The Development of Early Modern Onmōdō (2013)

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This article examines the development of Onmy d in the early modern period of Edo Japan. Although much of the focus on Onmy d has been on the ancient and medieval periods, early modern Onmy d had a completely different historical meaning due to various social developments in the Edo period. First, the Tsuchimikado family gained official recognition from the shogunate so that all divination activity required licensing from them. Second, calendar creation and astronomical observations, formerly the responsibility of the Imperial Court's Onmy d Bureau, shifted to a new "office of astronomy" created by the bakufu. This system, in which religious practitioners such as those affiliated with Onmy d were incorporated into the bakufu's ruling framework, was dominant during the Edo period but was systematically dismantled by the Meiji government in the late nineteenth century.

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Authors & Contributors
Şen, Ahmet Tunç
Arch, Jakobina
Pizzorusso, Giovanni
Robert, Jean-Noël
Bao, Suo
Fleischer, Cornell H.
Concepts
Science and politics
Astronomy
Science and religion
Calendars
Science and culture
Divination; prognostication
Time Periods
17th century
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
18th century
Early modern
16th century
19th century
Places
Japan
China
Europe
Italy
Korea
Beijing (China)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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