Doku-jin Saimon as Local Professional Knowledge
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 18_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_III_v2_6.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Doku-jin Saimon as Local Professional Knowledge
Section titled “Layer 1: Doku-jin Saimon as Local Professional Knowledge”Source file:
18_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_III_v2_6.md
The Yoshikawa study emphasizes that the family collected diverse liturgical formulae used in their ritual work.
Research implication
Section titled “Research implication”An early-modern local onmyōji’s toolkit was a portable documentary archive: calendar knowledge + saimon + deity lore + local clientele + ritual procedure.
This deserves comparison with:
- Daoist priestly manuals;
- Shingon ritual notebooks;
- Shugendō handbooks.