teachings about woman,259;
lack of moral teachings,269;
religious ecstasy,297;
nature and history,306,307;
terms "ingwa" and "mei,"319;
"impersonal"?377-388;
introspection,378;
salvation through self,379;
consciousness of self, highly developed,379-380;
attributes no worth to self,380;
failure of its influence,381;
mercy to animals and shallow reasoning,381;
thought of self an intellectual abstraction,383;
not impersonal, but abstract,384;
doctrine of illusion,384;
failure of social order,385;
popular acceptance not philosophical,386;
not logically
carried out,389-390.
appeal to personal activity,390.
conversion of a priest to Christianity,394.
conception of God,398.
the universe characterized,400.
Nirvana,400.
supplementary to Shintoism,407.
popularity explained,408.
individualism defective,408.
not exclusive in any land,421.
Buddhistic doctrines and sociological consequences,
388
.
Caricature in art: its prominence,
177
.
Cary's, Rev. Otis, "Japan and Its Regeneration,"
10
.
Chamberlain, Prof. B.H.,
17
,
55
,
159
.
quotation on imitation,—over-emphasis,196.
people irreligious,287.
Character and destiny,
445
.
how judged,446
Children: their festivals,
96
.
love for the young in Occident and Orient compared,97.
infanticide,100.
Chinese characters and the common schools,
192
.
Chinese philosophy not accepted without question,
200
.
Christianity: relation to the family,
111
-114.
the support of new ideals,112.
fluctuating interest in,162,163.
influence on woman,168.
criticised by a Japanese,231.
relation to new social order,282.
its growth in Japan,308.
monotheism, its attraction,311.
its view of the universe,399.
involving communalism and individualism,415.
Civilization: two types in conflict,
13
.
social not racial,28.
its rapid modernization,30.
Clark, Pres.,
90
Cleanliness: exaggerated reputation,
315
,
316
.
Cocks of Tosa: the abnormal,
178
.
Communalism: and human progress,
332
,
333
.
defined,361.
its altruism,367.
throws light on religious history,404.
difficulty of combining it with individualistic religious elements,414.
Japan appreciates its spirit,417
Comte,
22
.
Conceit,
139
.
not the only conceited nation,142.
Concubinage: children of the Emperor,
151
.
Buddhistic and Confucian teaching,259.
its sociological interpretation,260.
increase of,278.
statistics of,279.
Confidence and suspicion,
120
.
feudal explanation,121.
Confucian ethics: leave gods alone,
286
,
287
.
antidote to Buddhism,390.
Confucianism: its relation to the family,
112
.
modified in Japan,197.
metaphysical foundation of,228.
its relation to morality,269.
nature and history of,307,308.
its doctrines restored,409.
its limitations,410.
not a religion,411.
cause of failure,412.
Confucius and Lao-tse about returning good for evil,
128
.
influence opposed to progress,204.
Constitution, authority from Emperor,
149
.
Conversation: realistic baldness,
179
.
Courtesy: conventional not racial,
182
.
phrases of,211.
not proof of "impersonality,"362,363.
Culture: more apparent than real,
181
.
Curiosity: real though concealed,—illustration,
166
.
"Curtain government," its significance,
214
.
Daimyo, a figurehead,
214
.
Darwin,
22
Decoration of rooms,
171
Dening, Mr, Walter, lack of idealism,
233
De Quatrefages, African brains,
191
Deity: conception of,
310
;
monotheistic terms,311;
common people,391
Disposition: apparently cheerful,
115
;
pessimists out of sight,116
Divorce: grounds for,
56
;
frequency of,99;
Civil Code of 1898,265;
statistics,267;
divorce and "impersonality,"352,355
Doshisha, endangered,
123
,
124
;
American benefactors of,281
Drama and novel: weakness explained,
187
Drummond,
22
Dwarfed plants,—delight in the abnormal,
177
Eastern and Western civilizations blending,
30
-32
Educational Department and Imperial Edict,
328
Emotional nature,
82
-84;
due to social order,169
Emperor: concubines and children of,
151
English study and methods of thinking,
212
Ethics: pivotal points,
283
Etiquette: superficial not radical requirements,
183
;
its collapse explained,183;
relation to imagination,235
Evolution: real explanation of progress,
24
-27,
33
-34;
national,332-343;
intellectual,419;