Onmyōdō is based on the ancient Chinese theories o yin and yang and the five phases. Practitioners o Onmyōdō utilized Yijing divination, magical puri- fications, and various kinds o rituals in order to deduce one’s ortune or to prevent unusual disasters. However , the ter m “Onmyōdō ” cannot be ound in China or Korea. Onmyōdō is a religion that came into existence only within Japan. As Onmyōdō was ormed, it subsumed various elements o Chinese olk religion, Daoism, and Mikkyō, and its religious organizatio n deepened. From the time o t he establishment o the Onmyōdō as a government office under the ritsuryō codes through the eleventh century, magical rituals and purifications were perormed extensivel y . Tis article takes this period as its ocus, particularly emphasizing the connections between Onmyōdō and Chi- nese religion. : Onmyōryō—ritsuryō system—Nihon shoki—astronomy— mikkyō— Onmyōdō rituals M Shin’ichirō is a proessor in the Faculty o Humanities at okyo Seitoku University. Japan ese Jo urnal of R eligious Studies /: – © Nanzan Institute or Religion and Culture M Shin’ichirō 増尾伸一郎 Chinese Religion and the Formation o Onmyōdō
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