NEW journal paper "Translation Issues in the Rapid Transmission of Esoteric Buddhism from India to China to Japan" at Academia.edu | ResearchGate | Humanities Commons download.
Book Chapters
“Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku” in A Passion for Japan (2022), free at ResearchGate / Academia.Edu / 和訳 (in Japanese) | Related presentation: “Encountering famous East-West bridge persons across the U.S. to Japan” description & voice recording / slideshow.
“Symbolism of Fire in Greek and Japanese Creation Myths” and “Symbolism of Air in Greco-Roman and Japanese Creation Myths” in Four Elements in Mythology, Vol. 2 [2023].
“Japanese People and Society” (government document).
Publications in Japanese or bilingual: 著作リンク集.
Encyclopedia articles
“Buddhist Syncretism in Japan” | “Shikoku, the Pilgrimage Island of Japan” | “Mount Kōya“
Co-authored Historical and Cultural Guidebooks
Shikoku Bilingual Guidebook | Kagawa: A Guide to Sanuki, Gateway to Shikoku
Selected Cultural Articles
“Translation Issues in the Rapid Transmission of Esoteric Buddhism from India to China to Japan” (in press, 2023) | “Internationalizing the Essence of Haiku Poetry” | “East-West Cultural Differences in Basic Life Stance” | “This is Asia: Exploring the Contrast between East Asian and Indo-Western Ways of Thinking” | “Legend of the Woman Diver“
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Graduate Research
Kūkai and Zentsūji (Thesis) | Zen and Esoteric Buddhism Papers | Riding the White Elephant, Blossoming the Golden Flower.
Book Reviews
Multilingual Japan | Multicultural Japan: From Palaeolithic to Postmodern
Deep in Japan Podcasts
Kūkai the Universal (June 2023) | How to Be a Professional Foreigner in Japan | Japanese Prehistory and Mythology.
See also lectures for the Japanese government on Japanese People and Society, Journalism on Japan, or Multimedia (podcasts, videos, supplementary readings, and lessons for educational use).