Zhong Ri mijiao 中日密教

Zhōng Rì mìjiào 中日密教 Sino-Japanese Esotericism

Print run: November, 1933 - 1935 Associated Location(s): Tiānjīn 天津, Japanese concession Associated Person(s): 石井嘉橞, Wáng Yītáng 王揖唐, Sūn Chuánfāng 孫傳芳 Associated Organization(s): Shingon Sect 真言宗, Sino-Japanese Esotericism Research Association (Zhōng Rì mìjiào yánjiù huì 中日密教研究會)

Zhōng Rì mìjiào 中日密教 (Sino-Japanese Esotericism) was a short-lived, Japanese-run periodical published in north China.

The parent organization of this periodical, the Sino-Japanese Esotericism Research Association, was based at the headquarters of the Shingon 真言 sect on Koyasan 高野山 in Japan. The goal of this organization was colonial in intent, they sought to use Esoteric Buddhism to create an entry for Japanese culture and authority into Chinese Buddhist life.

There are seven issues in the MFQ: vol. 1, nos. 1-2, vol. 2, nos. 1-3, 5, 12 (MFQ 45.261-483).

References

• MFQ 205.15.