Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Renmonkyō and the Meiji Press 2. Deguchi Onisaburō as a Prewar Model 3. The Birth of Two Celebrity Gods 4. Bureaucracy, Religion, and the Press under the Occupation 5. Jikōson and Jiu Battling with Celebrity 6. Kitamura Sayo Celebrity in the Maggot World 7. New Religions and Critics in the Immediate Postwar Press Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index