Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

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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 SHINTO………….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 SHINTO REVIVAL……………..367 - XVIII. SURVIVALS……………………..381 - XIX. MODERN RESTRAINTS………………395 - XX. OFFICIAL EDUCATION……………..419 - XXI. INDUSTRIAL DANGER………………443 - XXII. REFLECTIONS……………………457 - APPENDIX………………………481 - BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES…………..487 - INDEX…………………………489

STRANGENESS AND CHARM

THE ANCIENT CULT

THE RELIGION OF THE HOME

THE JAPANESE FAMILY

THE COMMUNAL CULT

DEVELOPMENTS OF SHINTO

WORSHIP AND PURIFICATION

THE RULE OF THE DEAD