Contents
Contents
| CHAPTER |
| PAGE |
| I. | DIFFICULTIES | 1 |
| II. | STRANGENESS AND CHARM | 5 |
| III. | THE ANCIENT CULT | 21 |
| IV. | THE RELIGION OF THE HOME | 33 |
| V. | THE JAPANESE FAMILY | 55 |
| VI. | THE COMMUNAL CULT | 81 |
| VII. | DEVELOPMENTS OF SHINTÔ | 107 |
| VIII. | WORSHIP AND PURIFICATION | 133 |
| IX. | THE RULE OF THE DEAD | 157 |
| X. | THE INTRODUCTION OF BUDDHISM | 183 |
| XI. | THE HIGHER BUDDHISM | 207 |
| XII. | THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION | 229 |
| XIII. | THE RISE OF THE MILITARY POWER | 259 |
| XIV. | THE RELIGION OF LOYALTY | 283 |
| XV. | THE JESUIT PERIL | 303 |
| XVI. | FEUDAL INTEGRATION | 343 |
| XVII. | THE SHINTÔ REVIVAL | 367 |
| XVIII. | SURVIVALS | 381 |
| XIX. | MODERN RESTRAINTS | 395 |
| XX. | OFFICIAL EDUCATION | 419 |
| XXI. | INDUSTRIAL DANGER | 443 |
| XXII. | REFLECTIONS | 457 |
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| APPENDIX | 481 |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 487 |
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| INDEX | 489 |
"Perhaps all very marked national characters can be traced back to a time of rigid and pervading discipline"--WALTER BAGEHOT.
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