Chapter 19

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;


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