Nude in art: its lack,
175
-177
Obsequiousness,
140
Occident and Orient: conflict not unending,
13
;
social intercourse and mutual influence,436
Occidental civilization; a defect in,
71
Ohashi, Junzo, opposed to Western thought,
254
Old Japan,
35
-37;
its oppression,53,54;
emptiness of common life,54;
condition of woman,54,56;
divorce,56,57;
moral and legal maxims,252,253;
its morality,244,261
"Omi Sajin," Sage of Omi,
93
Oriental characteristics: are they distinctive?
422
;
general opinion of,423;
view of author,425;
social, not racial,425,434
Originality in art,
203
;
judicious imitation,209
Orphan asylums,
131
Oyomei,
228
Patriotism,
48
-51;
relation to apotheosis,144,158;
to war,145;
Christian orphans,145
Peasants, stolidity,
165
Pedigree, "nominal" not actual ancestry,
215
Peery, Dr., Japanese philosophical incompetence,
225
Personality:
21
-22;
importance of,342;
defined,356-357;
characteristics of,358;
"strong" and "weak,"374,375;
Confucian ethics,390;
Supreme Being,391;
gods of popular Buddhism,391;
idea grasped by Japanese,393;
sketch of development,394;
racial or social inheritance,395;
progress in ethico-religious process,447;
the criterion of progress,447
Personality in conception of nationality,
373
Personal pronouns, their lack possible proof of personality,
369
;
"honorific" particles,368;
substitutes,370,371
Pfleiderer, Prof., religious deficiency of Japanese,
286
Phallicism: its suppression,
325
;
Western influence,326
Philosophy: Occidental ignorance of its history in Japan,
200
;
terms used,221;
Japanese students of,229;
individuals interested,229
Philosophical ability,
225
-232;
Japanese claims,225;
constructive power,226;
writers mentioned,229;
East and West compared,231
Pilgrimages: statistics,
290
-291;
immorality,326
Poetry characterized,
186
Powder, smokeless, invention of,
207
Pride, sociological explanation,
19
,
21
Progress, modern characteristic,
52
-60;
defined,57;
light-heartedness no proof of,59;
its method,61-71;
recognition of individual worth,63-67;
knowledge of implements and methods,67-70;
imitation,78-81;
passion for it,143
Psychic nature and social life,
439
Psychic evolution,
444
Psychic function and psychic organism,
445
Psychological similarities, Japanese and Anglo-Saxon,
189
Public speaking, fluency,
219
"Putty-face,"
164
"Race-soul,"
444
Ransome, Mr. Stanford, quoted,
51
;
"Japan in Transition,"46
Reforms, governmental initiative,
201
Religion: its characteristics social, not racial,
309
;
loyalty and filial piety,322;
liberty in belief,327;
the Imperial Edict,328;
forms determined by history,329;
the problem of to-day,414;
Religions classified,421
Religious or not? appearances explained,
286
;
judged by phenomena,288;
prayer, shrines, charms,292;
Buddha-shelves, God-shelves,293;
emotion and social training,296;
emotion shown in abstraction,297
Religious life,
404
,
421
;
communal,404;
present difficulty in Japan,420
Renaissance of Japan,
29
-30
Revenge: the ancient law,
128
;
teachings of Confucius and Lao-tse,128-129
Reverence, apparent lack of,
304
"Ri" defined,
221
Roman alphabet: adoption recommended by many,
192
"Roundaboutness": characteristic of speech and action,
211
;
recent improvement,212
Sadness and isolation of many,
116
Sage of Omi,
see
"Omi Sajin."
Salvation and sin,
314
;
Buddhist and Christian,379
Samurai: high mental power,
social leaders, impractical,
244; their relation to trade,
252; new ideals,256; revolt
from religious forms,298
Segregation and divergent evolution,
443
Self-confidence not without
grounds,141,143; reorganization
by young men,141-142
Self-control: moral teaching,
250; Kujuro, the self-controlled,251
Sensitiveness to environment,
72,81; illustrated by students
abroad,73, by life in Japan,73-77
Shimose, Mr., invention, smokeless powder,
207
"Shinshu," "Reformed" Buddhism,
198
Shinto: nature and history,
305,306; personal gods,391;
communal,405; no longer a
religion,405; world view,
406; religious sanction for
social order,407; revived,412