Introduction; R.Starrs Sada Kaiseki: An Alternative Discourse on Buddhism, Modernity, and Nationalism in the Early Meiji Period; F.Rambelli Shinto and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1872; Y.Zhong The Mikado's August Body: 'Divinity' and 'Corporeality' of the Meiji Emperor and the Ideological Construction of Imperial Rule; K.H.Kim Carry the Buddha out into the Street!: A Sliver of Resistance to Japanese Militarism; B.Victoria Conversion in Interwar Japan; A.Tansman A Naked Public Square? Religion and Politics in Imperial Japan; K.Doak 'The Gakkai is Faith; the K?meit? is Action:' S?ka Gakkai and 'Buddhist politics'; E.Baffelli From Mishima to Aum: Religio-political Violence in Late Twentieth-Century Japan; R.Starrs Voices of Rage: A Critical Approach to the Problem of Yasukuni; J.Breen