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Encyclopedia of Shinto

The online Encyclopedia of Shinto is the English translation of the Shinto jiten edited by the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics and published by Kobundo in 1994.

http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/publications/jjrs/

The Japanese Journal of Religious Studies is a semi-annual journal dedicated to the academic study of Japanese religions. The journal is published by the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture. This is an open access journal, and all journal contents can be accessed and downloaded from the journal website above.

怪異・妖怪　伝承データベース　(国際日本文化研究センター）-  Japanese

Kaiki Yokai Densho Database (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)

This database was created based on folklore studies, and contains over 35, 700 entries about texts and incidents on supernatural.

日文研データベース

Nichibunken Databases

• 錦絵観音霊験記の世界 /  Mysterious Stories of Kannon Bodhisattva in Ukiyoe

• 於竹大日如来縁起絵巻 / Otake Dainichi-nyorai engi emaki (History of the Otake Buddha)