I. Difficulties…………………….1
II. Strangeness and Charm…………….5
III. The Ancient Cult………………..21
IV. The Religion of the Home…………33
V. The Japanese Family……………..55
VI. The Communal Cult……………….81
VII. Developments of Shinto………….107
VIII. Worship and Purification………..133
IX. The Rule of the Dead……………157
X. The Introduction of Buddhism…….183
XI. The Higher Buddhism…………….207
XII. The Social Organization…………229
XIII. The Rise of the Military Power…..259
XIV. The Religion of Loyalty…………283
XV. The Jesuit Peril……………….303
XVI. Feudal Integration……………..343
XVII. The Shinto Revival……………..367
XVIII. Survivals……………………..381
XIX. Modern Restraints………………395
XX. Official Education……………..419
XXI. Industrial Danger………………443
XXII. Reflections……………………457
Appendix………………………481
Bibliographical Notes…………..487
Index…………………………489
“Perhaps all very marked national characters can be traced back to a time of rigid and pervading discipline”
—WALTER BAGEHOT.