Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

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Lafcadio Hearn. Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

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 COMMUNAL CULT

DEVELOPMENTS OF SHINTO

WORSHIP AND PURIFICATION

THE RULE OF THE DEAD

THE INTRODUCTION OF BUDDHISM

THE HIGHER BUDDHISM

THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

THE RISE OF THE MILITARY POWER

THE RELIGION OF LOYALTY

THE JESUIT PERIL

"SUWO NO SUKE

FEUDAL INTEGRATION

THE SHINTO REVIVAL

SURVIVALS

MODERN RESTRAINTS

OFFICIAL EDUCATION

INDUSTRIAL DANGER

REFLECTIONS

APPENDIX. HERBERT SPENCER'S ADVICE TO JAPAN

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

(ON THE SUBJECT OF SHINTO)

(ON THE SUBJECT OF LAW AND CUSTOM)

(ON THE CHRISTIAN EPISODE OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES)

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Lafcadio Hearn

Published by Good Press, 2022

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IV.—Every event in the world, good or evil,—fair seasons or plentiful harvests,—flood and famine,—tempest and tidal-wave and earthquake,—is the work of the dead.

V.—All human actions, good or bad, are controlled by the dead.

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