Source Register
Below you will find a consolidated, annotated register of the primary documents and secondary scholarship cited across Inner Dharma. Please consult the glossary for a list of terms and their definitions.
Primary sources
Classical manuscripts and archival documents, with archive and shelfmark where held.
實叉難陀 (Śikṣānanda, trans.). 699 AD. 大方廣佛華嚴經 (Daihōkō butsu Kegon-kyō;
80-fascicle Avataṃsaka). 大正新脩大藏經 (Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō). T10, no. 279 · Open full-text via CBETA and SAT2018.
Cited in: Shinkage-ryū in Kyushu
靜筠二禪師 (Jing and Yun, comp.). 952 AD. 祖堂集 (Sodōshū; Zǔtáng jí). 大藏經補編 (Dazangjing bubian). B25, no. 144 · Open full-text via CBETA.
Cited in: Shinkage-ryū in Kyushu
道原 (Daoyuan). 1004. 景德傳燈錄 (Keitoku Dentōroku; Jǐngdé chuándēng
lù). 大正新脩大藏經 (Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō). T51, no. 2076 · Open full-text via CBETA and SAT2018.
Cited in: Shinkage-ryū in Kyushu
Chéng Zōngyóu (程宗猷; 1561–1636). 1621. “Gēngyú shèngjì (耕餘剩技; Skills Beyond Farming).” Manuscript.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Huáng Zōngxī (黃宗羲). 1669. “Wáng Zhēngnán mùzhìmíng (王征南墓誌銘; Epitaph for Wang Zhengnan).” Manuscript.
Nakano Nariaki. 1710. “Taisha-ryū kaichū (タイ捨流解紐).” Saga Prefectural Library (main building), Nabeshima-ke Bunko (reproduction; original deposited by the Nabeshima Hōkōkai). 複鍋/353-1 · 複製史料 (reproduction copy), in-library use only (禁帯出), open stacks (新庫3層), item code 210018230; on shelf. No digitization or published transcription located; photocopy of the reproduction obtainable on request..
Hinatsu Shigetaka. 1716. Honchō bugei shōden. Bujutsu sōsho (武術叢書, 1915) collation, NDL Digital Collections; also Shinpen bujutsu sōsho (Jinbutsu Ōraisha, 1968), pp. 5–108. NDL 789.3-B98-B; pid 2518501 · digitized; NDL registered-user transmission
(個人送信).
Dài Lóngbāng (戴龍邦). 1750. “Liùhé quán xù (六合拳序; Preface to the Six-Harmonies Fist Manual).” Manuscript.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Mikami Genryū. 1790. Gekiken sōdan (撃剣叢談).
国書刊行会 (Kokusho Kankōkai, ed.). 1915. 武術叢書 (Bujutsu sōsho). 国書刊行会. NDL Digital Collections 945805.
Cited in: The Yagyū in the Gekiken Sōdan
Huáng Bǎijiā (黃百家). 1928. “Nèijiā quánfǎ (內家拳法; Methods of the Internal School), in Qīngshǐgǎo (清史稿).” Manuscript.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Wú Gōngzǎo (吳公藻). 1935. Tàijíquán jiǎngyì (太極拳講義). Hunan Martial Arts Training Institute
(湖南國術訓練所).
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Matsuo Bashō. 1979. Bashō: Oku no hosomichi, tsuki Sora ryonikki,
Okuhosomichi sugagomoshō (芭蕉
おくのほそ道――付
曾良旅日記・奥細道菅菰抄). Edited by Hagiwara Yasuo. Iwanami Bunko. Iwanami Shoten (岩波書店).
Patrick Olivelle. 1998. The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation. Oxford University Press.
Swami Veda Bharati. 2001. Yoga-Sūtras of Patañjali with the Exposition of Vyāsa,
Volume II: Sādhana-pāda. Motilal Banarsidass.
Rolf W. Giebel. 2005. The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra. BDK English Tripiṭaka. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.
Dakpo Tashi Namgyal. 2006. Mahāmudrā: The Moonlight — Quintessence of Mind and
Meditation. 2nd ed. Wisdom Publications.
Jōshin hosshinnō. n.d. “Shō-ichi-i Haguro Sansho Dai-gongen (正一位羽黒三所大権現).” n.d. Dewa Sanzan History Museum (出羽三山歴史博物館), Hagurosan. accession number not recorded · on display; photographed in situ, 2004.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Jōshin hosshinnō. n.d. “Namu Shōken Daibosatsu (南無照見大菩薩).” n.d. Dewa Sanzan History Museum (出羽三山歴史博物館), Hagurosan. accession number not recorded · on display; photographed in situ, 2004.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Author unknown. n.d. Kōbō Daishi sonzō (弘法大師尊像). Dewa Sanzan History Museum (出羽三山歴史博物館),
Hagurosan. accession number not recorded · on display; photographed in situ, 2004.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Dainichi-ji. n.d. Sanzan honji surimono (三山本地刷物). Dewa Sanzan History Museum (出羽三山歴史博物館),
Hagurosan. accession number not recorded · on display; photographed in situ, 2004.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Author unknown. n.d. Tengu-kyō (天狗経). Nihon Daizōkyō, Shugendō shōsho subcollection. NDL Digital Collections (login-gated for the relevant
volumes); modern reprint via Kokusho Kankōkai 2000.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Qī Jìguāng. 〔1560s; rev. c. 1584〕. Jìxiào xīnshū (紀效新書).
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Secondary scholarship
Modern scholarship, reference works and tabulations.
Dainichibō. n.d. Dainichibō kōshiki saito
(湯殿山総本寺瀧水寺大日坊 公式サイト).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Dewa Sanzan Jinja. n.d. Dewa Sanzan Jinja kōshiki hōmupēji (出羽三山神社
公式ホームページ).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Haguro-machi Kankō Kyōkai. n.d. Haguro-machi Kankō Kyōkai (羽黒町観光協会).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Itō Nobuhiro (伊藤信博). n.d. “Tengu no imēji seisei ni tsuite — jūni-seiki kōhan
made o chūshin ni
(天狗のイメージ生成について――十二世紀後半までを中心に).” Nagoya Daigaku Gengo Bunka Ronshū
(名古屋大学言語文化論集) 29 (1).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Pranin, Stanley. n.d. Saigō Tanomo and Takeda Sokaku. Aiki News / Aikido Journal, various issues.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Reichsarchiv. n.d. Arisugawa-no-miya-ke (有栖川宮家).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Hagurosan Kōtaku-ji Shōzenin. n.d. Hagurosan Kōtaku-ji Shōzenin kōshiki saito
(羽黒山荒澤寺正善院 公式サイト).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Kajitani Toshiaki (梶谷敏明). n.d. Sasaki Kojirō Buzen Soeda-setsu, sono 1–3 (佐々木小次郎豊前添田説 その1~3). Soeda Town (添田町). https://www.town.soeda.fukuoka.jp/site/soeda-shinwa/1103.html.
Sueki Fumihiko. n.d. Nihon Bukkyō-shi (日本仏教史).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Web Hiden. n.d. Okuyama Ryūhō (shodai) (奥山龍峰(初代)).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Akiba Gongen (秋葉権現).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Dainichibō (大日坊).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Daitengu (大天狗).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Dewa Sanzan (出羽三山).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Haguro Gongen (羽黒権現).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Hakkō-ryū Jūjutsu (八光流柔術).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Kōtaku-ji (荒沢寺).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Saigō Tanomo (西郷頼母).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wikipedia contributors. n.d. Tendai zasu (天台座主).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Yamagata Prefecture. n.d. Dewa Sanzan (出羽三山), Yamagata monogatari.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America. n.d. The Song of Push Hands (Dǎshǒu gē 打手歌).
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Nihon Daizōkyō Hensankai. 1920. Shugendō shōsho (修験道章疏). Nihon Daizōkyō Hensankai (日本大蔵経編纂会).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
熊本地歴研究会 (Kumamoto Chireki Kenkyūkai). 1940. 肥後武道史 (Higo budō-shi). 稲本報徳舎 (Inamoto Hōtokusha).
Cited in: Shinkage-ryū in Kyushu
Táng Háo (唐豪), and Gù Liúxīn (顧留馨). 1964. Tàijíquán yánjiū (太極拳研究). Bailing, Hong Kong.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Earhart, H. Byron. 1970. A Religious Study of the Mount Haguro Sect of Shugendō. Sophia University.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Togawa Anshō. 1973. Dewa Sanzan Shugendō no kenkyū
(出羽三山修験道の研究). Kōsei Shuppansha (佼成出版社).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Blacker, Carmen. 1975. The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in
Japan. George Allen & Unwin.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Kuroki Toshihiro. 1976. Hizen budō monogatari (肥前武道物語). Saga Shinbunsha (佐賀新聞社).
Nakano Hatayoshi, ed. 1977. Hikosan to Kyūshū no shugendō
(英彦山と九州の修験道). Sangaku shūkyō-shi kenkyū sōsho 13. Meicho Shuppan (名著出版).
Togawa Anshō. 1978. Dewa Sanzan to Tōhoku shugen no kenkyū
(出羽三山と東北修験の研究). Sangaku shūkyō-shi kenkyū sōsho 5. Meicho Shuppan (名著出版).
Watatani Kiyoshi, and Yamada Tadashi, eds. 1978. Zōho daikaitei Bugei ryūha daijiten (増補大改訂
武芸流派大事典). Tōkyō Kopii Shuppanbu (東京コピイ出版部).
Henning, Stanley E. 1981. “The Chinese Martial Arts in Historical Perspective.” Military Affairs 45 (4): 173–79.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Kurume Shishi Hensan Iinkai, ed. 1981/1999. Kurume shishi (久留米市史). Kurume-shi (久留米市).
Cited in: Shinkage-ryū in Kyushu
Wile, Douglas. 1983. Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Sweet Ch’i Press.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Henning, Stanley E. 1994. “Ignorance, Legend and Taijiquan.” Journal of the Chen Style Taijiquan Research Association
of Hawaii 2 (3).
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Wile, Douglas. 1996. Lost T’ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch’ing Dynasty. State University of New York Press.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Zhang Yun. 1998. The Art of Chinese Swordsmanship: A Manual of Taiji Jian. Shambhala Publications.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Gotō Takeshi. 1999. Dewa Sanzan no shinbutsu bunri
(出羽三山の神仏分離). Iwata Shoin (岩田書院).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wile, Douglas. 1999. T’ai Chi’s Ancestors: The Making of an Internal Martial
Art. Sweet Ch’i Press.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Sekimori, Gaynor. 2000. “Haguro Shugendō and the Separation of Buddha and Kami
Worship (shinbutsu bunri), 1868–1890.” PhD thesis, University of Cambridge.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Miyake Hitoshi (宮家準). 2001. Shugendō: Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk
Religion. University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Miyake Hitoshi. 2001. Shugendō shōsho kaidai (修験道章疏解題). Kokusho Kankōkai (国書刊行会).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Keene, Donald. 2002. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852–1912. Columbia University Press.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Chigiri Kōsai. 2004. Tengu no kenkyū (天狗の研究). Hara Shobō (原書房).
Kennedy, Brian, and Elizabeth Guo. 2005. Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical
Survey. North Atlantic Books.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Sekimori, Gaynor. 2005. “Paper Fowl and Wooden Fish: The Separation of Kami and
Buddha Worship in Haguro Shugendō, 1869–1875.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 32 (2): 197–234.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Wells, Marnix. 2005. Scholar Boxer: Chang Naizhou’s Theory of Internal Martial
Arts and the Evolution of Taijiquan. North Atlantic Books.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Miyake Hitoshi (宮家準). 2006. “Kingendai no sangaku shūkyō to Shugendō
(近現代の山岳宗教と修験道).” Meiji Seitoku Kinen Gakkai Kiyō
(明治聖徳記念学会紀要), no. 43: 42–61.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Kajitani Toshiaki (梶谷敏明). 2009. Hikosan, Ganjaku-jō to Sasaki Kojirō (彦山・岩石城と佐々木小次郎). 2 (下). V2 Solution (ブイツーソリューション).
Zhang Yun. 2009. The Complete Taiji Dao: The Art of the Chinese Saber. Blue Snake Books.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Ishida Tetsuya (石田哲弥). 2011. “Akiba Sanjakubō o hagukunda Tochio・Nagaoka no Zaō gongen to minzoku shinkō (秋葉三尺坊を育んだ栃尾・長岡の蔵王権現と民俗信仰).” Koshiji (越路), no. 381: 1–13.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Lorge, Peter. 2012. Chinese Martial Arts: From Antiquity to the Twenty-First
Century. Cambridge University Press.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Fushigi na Chikara. 2015. Hachiko no Ōji no denshō to Dewa Sanzan ni sundeita
daitengu Hagurosan Sankōbō
(蜂子皇子の伝承と出羽三山に棲んでいた大天狗・羽黒山三光坊).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Ikezuki Ei. 2015. Aiki no Takeda Sōkaku: Musashi o koeta otoko
(合気の武田惣角――武蔵を超えた男). Rekishi Shunjū Shuppan (歴史春秋出版).
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Karukome Yoshitaka. 2015. “Jikishinkage-ryū no seiritsu to sono denkei oyobi denshō
ni kansuru ichikōsatsu
(直心影流の成立とその伝系及び伝承に関する一考察).” Budōgaku Kenkyū (武道学研究) 47 (3): 119–38.
Cited in: Shinkage-ryū in Kyushu
Suzuki Masataka. 2015. Sangaku shinkō (山岳信仰). Chūkō Shinsho. Chūōkōron-Shinsha (中央公論新社).
Ishida Tetsuya (石田哲弥). 2016. Hibuse Akiba shinkō no rekishi (火防秋葉信仰の歴史). Niigata Nippō Jigyōsha.
Cited in: Haguro Shugendō
Sasamori Takemi, and M. Hague. 2016. Bushido and Christianity.
Cited in: Aiki and Internal Training
Wile, Douglas. 2016. “Fighting Words: Four New Document Finds Reignite Old
Debates in Taijiquan Historiography.” Martial Arts Studies 1: 17–35.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Ronald S. Green. 2017. The Shingon Ajikan, Meditation on the Syllable ’A’: An
Analysis of Components and Development.
Iwahana Michiaki. 2017. Dewa Sanzan: Sangaku shinkō no rekishi o aruku
(出羽三山――山岳信仰の歴史を歩く). Iwanami Shinsho 1681. Iwanami Shoten (岩波書店).
Zhang Yun, David Ho, Peter Capell, and Susan
Darley. 2017. Tàijíquán Classics: The Essential Translation and
Explanation with Commentary on History and Culture. YCGF North America.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Amdur, Ellis. 2018. It Ain’t Necessarily So: Banquo’s Ghost.
Cited in: Aiki and Internal Training
Zhang Yun, and Zhao Zeren. 2019. Meditations on Tàijíquán. Beijing Science and Technology Press.
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice
Pradeep P. Gokhale. 2020. The Yogasūtra of Patañjali: A New Introduction to the
Buddhist Roots of the Yoga System. Routledge India.
Chu, T. Julian. 2023. “Unraveling the Mystery Surrounding the Origins of
Taijiquan by New Historical Materials in Tang Village,
China.” Journal of Taiji Science 2 (1).
Cited in: An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice