Holy kami, the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies is fully open access!?:

http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/publications/jjrs/listofjournals/

Don’t be surprised if you don’t hear from me for a few weeks.

Couple highlights:

Breen on the sale of Ise amulets: http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/3020

Miura on kibyoushi, irreverent religious tales from the Edo period http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/4631 (which led me to https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14826 “Jesus and Buddha have decided to take a holiday in Japan”…).