RT Article
T1 The Eight Trigrams and Their Changes: An Inquiry into Japanese Early Modern Divination
JF Japanese journal of religious studies
VO 38
IS 2
SP 329
OP 368
A1 Hayek, Matthias 1980-
LA English
PB Nanzan Institute
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1698530641
AB In this article I will study a peculiar divination method involving the eight trigrams known as hakke that, I will attempt to show, was among the most popular techniques used in Japan from the end of the sixteenth to the end of the eighteenth century. My goal here is to show how this mantic knowledge was passed on through a specific kind of manual while undergoing several transformations. These changes, far from being coincidental, may be linked to the inner evolutions of Japanese society and culture during the Edo period. Therefore such an inquiry should help us to gain a better understanding of the reciprocal informing relationship between mantic knowledge (correlative thinking) and people's general expectations and/or mentality. I will first present the nature of hakke-uranai, before tracking down how and by whom it was used. Finally, I will detail how its inner structure relates to the way the clients of the diviners were viewing fate, time, daily life, and the world.
K1 Astrology
K1 Buddhism
K1 Correlatives
K1 Destiny
K1 Diviners
K1 Horses
K1 Religious Studies
K1 Research facilities
K1 Yin yang