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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 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

 

APPENDIX

481

 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

487

 

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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