Editing Divination (section)

====Japanese tarot====
The adaptation of the Western divination method of tarot cards into Japanese culture presents a particularly unique example of contemporary divination as this adaptation mingles with Japan's robust visual culture. Japanese tarot cards are created by professional artists, advertisers, and fans of tarot. One tarot card collector claimed to have accumulated more than 1,500 Japan-made decks of tarot cards.

Japanese tarot cards fall into diverse categories such as:

* Inspiration Tarot ({{Transliteration|ja|reikan tarotto}});
* I-Ching Tarot ({{Transliteration|ja|ekisen tarotto}});
* Spiritual Tarot ({{Transliteration|ja|supirichuaru tarotto}});
* Western Tarot ({{Transliteration|ja|seiyō tarotto}}); and
* Eastern Tarot ({{Transliteration|ja|tōyō tarotto}}).

The images on tarot cards may come from images from Japanese popular culture, such as characters from [[manga]] and [[anime]] including [[Hello Kitty]], or may feature cultural symbols. Tarot cards may adapt the images of Japanese historical figures, such as high priestess [[Himiko]] (170–248CE) or imperial court wizard [[Abe no Seimei]] (921–1005CE). Still others may feature images of cultural displacement, such as English knights, [[pentagram]]s, the Jewish [[Torah]], or invented [[glyph]]s. The introduction of such cards began by the 1930s and reached prominence 1970s. Japanese tarot cards were originally created by men, often based on the [[Rider–Waite Tarot|Rider-Waite-Smith tarot]] published by the Rider Company in London in 1909.{{sfnp|Miller|2017}} Since, the practice of Japanese tarot has become overwhelmingly feminine and intertwined with [[kawaii]] culture. Referring to the cuteness of tarot cards, Japanese model Kuromiya Niina was quoted as saying "because the images are cute, even holding them is enjoyable."{{sfnp|Miller|2011}} While these differences exist, Japanese tarot cards function similarly to their Western counterparts. Cards are shuffled and cut into piles then used to forecast the future, for spiritual reflection, or as a tool for self-understanding.{{sfnp|Miller|2017}}