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In 1870 (early Meiji), the Japanese imperial government had banned Onmyōdō and abolished the
Onmyōryō (the official bureau of divination) as part of its push toward westernization and State
Shinto.
This ban pushed practitioners, diviners, and esoteric compilers into private publishing. During the
late Meiji era (around 1900–1910), print technology allowed massive collections of previously
secret, hand-copied talismanic manuals to be compiled and sold commercially to private
practitioners, priests, and laypeople.
Published in 1910, Tentei Sonsei Reifu Secret Collection (天帝尊星霊符秘密集伝) was one of these
comprehensive compilations.
While modern popular culture labels almost all Japanese talismanic magic as "Onmyōdō," the
contents of this specific book are more accurately described as Shinto-Daoist Esotericism (Shinsen-
dō / Reifu-jutsu)
Author: Takanori Fujisaki (藤崎孝教)
Original Publication Date: Published in December 1910 (Meiji 43) by Tenseikan (天星館).
For ease of use, the entire book has been screenshot and compiled into this PDF document.
For those unfamiliar with Japanese, there are many OCR/Translation tools available.
I am sorry if this seems inconvenient, and perhaps one day someone will provide a full translation.
Personally what I like to do is either pass the PDF into an AI like Gemini or use my phones built in
screen translate function. (for Android users simply hold the ‘hey google’ button and tap the
translation icon)
Compiled by Kusuri クスリ July 26th 2026,
Enjoy!
Onmyōryō (the official bureau of divination) as part of its push toward westernization and State
Shinto.
This ban pushed practitioners, diviners, and esoteric compilers into private publishing. During the
late Meiji era (around 1900–1910), print technology allowed massive collections of previously
secret, hand-copied talismanic manuals to be compiled and sold commercially to private
practitioners, priests, and laypeople.
Published in 1910, Tentei Sonsei Reifu Secret Collection (天帝尊星霊符秘密集伝) was one of these
comprehensive compilations.
While modern popular culture labels almost all Japanese talismanic magic as "Onmyōdō," the
contents of this specific book are more accurately described as Shinto-Daoist Esotericism (Shinsen-
dō / Reifu-jutsu)
Author: Takanori Fujisaki (藤崎孝教)
Original Publication Date: Published in December 1910 (Meiji 43) by Tenseikan (天星館).
For ease of use, the entire book has been screenshot and compiled into this PDF document.
For those unfamiliar with Japanese, there are many OCR/Translation tools available.
I am sorry if this seems inconvenient, and perhaps one day someone will provide a full translation.
Personally what I like to do is either pass the PDF into an AI like Gemini or use my phones built in
screen translate function. (for Android users simply hold the ‘hey google’ button and tap the
translation icon)
Compiled by Kusuri クスリ July 26th 2026,
Enjoy!