Onmyodo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.

Word forms

Onmyodo Onmyōdō

Etymology

Japanese 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō おんみょうどう), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (ʔim-yang "yin-yang") + 道 (dáu "Way").

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