Invited to lecture at the University of London on comparative sociology, Okakura set out for an English audience what shaped the mind of Japan. He treats ancestor worship and Shinto, the Confucian ethics of loyalty and filial duty, Buddhism and the warrior’s code, and how these combined in the nation that had just astonished the world.
A concise insider’s account from 1905, introduced by George Meredith, for readers interested in Japanese thought and ethics. Download the free EPUB.