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Lafcadio Hearn. Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Table of 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 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)
INDEX
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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.
