Chapter 20

Involution one half the process,425;

defined,440

Express train, "nominal" destination,

216

Fairbanks, Prof.,

20

"Falling in love" not recognized,

102

Family life: false registration checks affection,

107

Far East

: quotation from, adaptation of foreign systems,

208

Farmer, higher rank than merchant,

257

(note)

Fate: "Ingwa," in development of personality,

386

Feudal times: moderation,

118

;

courage cultivated,153,154;

trade,284

Fickleness: its manifestation,

159

;

a modern trait,160;

shown chiefly in methods,160;

among Christians, apparent not real,161

Filial obedience: extreme application,

263

;

piety, moral ideal,249;

piety and religion,322

Fiske,

22

Flexibility of mental constitution,

77

-78

Flowering trees,

171

Forty-seven Ronin,

89

,

250

Freedom: relation of belief to the fact,

387

Fukuzawa, Mr., on monogamy,

109

,

112

;

condemning concubinage,279;

on religion,287

Furniture; recent introduction,

181

Future life: Shinto, Confucian,

318

;

Buddhistic,319

"Geisha," dancing girl, vivacity,

168

Generalization, capacity for,

220

;

use of philosophical terms,221

Giddings, Prof.,

19

,

22

"Go-between," illustrations,

210

;

advantages,211

God: Greek, Buddhist, Christian,

399

;

conceptions compared,400

Governmental initiative: explains rapid reforms,

201

Gratitude: religious sentiment,

323

;

ingratitude shown324

Greek universe characterized,

400

Green, T.H.,

397

(note)

Greene, Dr. D.C., teaching of Shinto sect,

269

Griffis, W.E., on suicide,

155

;

on religions,315

Gubbins, introduction to translation of New Civil Code of Japan,

86

;

on woman's position,268

Harris, Townsend, quoted,

132

;

regulation by authority,204;

as to untruthfulness,256

Hawaii, musical development,

185

Head, size of,

190

Hearn, Mr. Lafcadio,

16

,

17

,

68

;

mistaken contention,263;

privacy,275;

gratitude,323

Hegel,

345

; "Nothing" and Universal Soul of Buddhism,

383

(note)

Heredity: social and physiological contrasted,

21

;

defined and analyzed,439

Heroes and hero-worship,

89

-95;

"The forty-seven Ronin" as heroes,89;

craving for modern heroes,90-92;

Omi Sajin,93;

Dr. Neesima,375

Hirase, Mr., scientist,

207

History, research suppressed,

205

;

its claims,206;

apparent credulity of scholars due to social system,207

"Holy towels," physical disease,

314

Honesty: decline of,

280

;

explanation,282

"Honorifics," shades of courtesy,

179

;

indefiniteness of speech,211

Houses, privacy impossible,

273

Housewife, simple requirements,

181

Idealizing tendency,

94

,

236

Idols, imported feature of Japanese religion,

174

Ikeno, Mr., scientific discovery,

207

Illusion,

398

Imagination: is it lacking?

233

;

shown in etiquette, political life, ambition, self-conceit, etc.,235;

seen in optimism,240;

related to fancy,—caricature,241;

not disproved by imitation,242;

sociological explanation,243;

constructive,246;

suppression of,246

Imitation in Japanese progress,

78

-81;

creditable characteristic,196

Immorality, increase of,

261

Impassiveness, "putty-face,"

164

Imperial and popular sovereignty, conflict between,

152

-153

Imperial Edict,

328

Imperialists during the Shogunate,

146

Imperial succession of Oriental type,

150

"Impersonality": Hegel,

345

:

definitions contradictory,347,348;

related, to art,351;

family life,352;

divorce,352;

"falling in love,"354;

definition,359,360;

outcome of social order,361;

not proved by courtesy of people,362,363,

nor by lack of personal pronouns,368;

arguments against,377;

diverse elements analyzed,381;

objection to term,385

"Impersonality" and altruism,

365

Impractical idealism: claimed by Japanese,

236

;

illustrations,237,238

"In," and "Yo," significance of,

221

India and Japan contrasted,

32

-34

Indirectness,

210

Individual, small value,

258

Individualism: expressed,

245

,

246

;

changing social order and honesty,282;

importance of,334;

how possible,335;

defined,361;

easy acceptance explained,413


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