Book Reviews: The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquished Gods of Izumo. By Yijiang Zhong. Bloomsbury Shinto Studies, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Pp. 260. ISBN 10: 1474271081; ISBN 13: 978-1474271080.
The field of Shinto studies is coming of age. The new Shinto series of Bloomsbury Academic has already four volumes in print at the time of writing, with more in the pipeline. The book under review here, the second volume of this series, fills a prominent hole in the existing literature by addressing the early modern and modern history of Izumo Shrine and its deity.
