Zhong Ri mijiao 中日密教

Zhōng Rì mìjiào 中日密教 Sino-Japanese Esotericism

Print run: November 21, 1934 - December 21, 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.

Print Run

MFQ has seven issues:

Volume 1, Number 1	November 21, 1934	MFQ 45:259-302
Volume 1, Number 2	December 21, 1934	MFQ 45:303-334
Volume 2, Number 1	January 21, 1935	MFQ 45:335-370
Volume 2, Number 2	February 21, 1935	MFQ 45:371-396
Volume 2, Number 3	March 21, 1935	MFQ 45:397-424
Volume 2, Number 4	May 21, 1935	MFQ 45:425-458
Volume 2, Number 12	December 21, 1935	MFQ 45:459-484

References

• MFQ 205.15.