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The Religions of Japan

by William Elliot Griffis

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface
  2. 2Primitive Faith: Religion Before Books
  3. 3Chapter I | Primitive Faith: Religion Before Books
  4. 4The People of Japan
  5. 5The Amalgam of Religions
  6. 6Shamanism
  7. 7Mythical Zoölogy
  8. 8Fetichism
  9. 9Phallicism
  10. 10Tree and Serpent Worship
  11. 11Pantheism’s Destruction of Boundaries
  12. 12Shintō: Myths and Ritual
  13. 13Chapter II | Shintō: Myths and Ritual
  14. 14The Ancient Documents
  15. 15Origins of the Japanese People
  16. 16Mikadoism the Heart of Shintō
  17. 17Phallic Symbols
  18. 18Fire-myths and Ritual
  19. 19“The Kojiki” and Its Teachings
  20. 20Chapter III | “The Kojiki” and Its Teachings
  21. 21Izanagi’s Visit to Hades and Results
  22. 22Life in Japan During the Divine Age
  23. 23The Ethics of the God-way
  24. 24The Rise of Mikadoism
  25. 25Purification of Offences
  26. 26Mikadoism Usurps the Primitive God-way
  27. 27Ancient Customs and Usages
  28. 28Shintō’s Emphasis on Cleanliness
  29. 29Prayers to Myriads of Gods
  30. 30Shintō Left in a State of Arrested Development
  31. 31The Modern Revivalists of Kami No Michi
  32. 32The Great Purification of 1870
  33. 33Summary of Shintō
  34. 34The Chinese Ethical System in Japan
  35. 35Chapter IV | The Chinese Ethical System in Japan
  36. 36Primitive Chinese Faith
  37. 37Vicissitudes of Confucianism
  38. 38Japanese Confucianism and Feudalism Contemporary
  39. 39In Japan, Loyalty Displaces Filial Piety
  40. 40The Five Relations
  41. 41The Paramount Idea of Loyalty
  42. 42Suicide Made Honorable
  43. 43The Family Idea
  44. 44The Marital Relation
  45. 45The Elder and the Younger Brother
  46. 46Friendship and Humanity
  47. 47Confucianism in Its Philosophical Form
  48. 48Chapter V | Confucianism in Its Philosophical Form
  49. 49Survey of the Intellectual History of China
  50. 50Contrast Between the Chinese and Japanese Intellect
  51. 51Philosophical Confucianism the Religion of the Samurai
  52. 52A Medley of Pantheism
  53. 53The Ideals of a Samurai
  54. 54New Japan Makes Revision
  55. 55The Ideal of Yamato Damashii Enlarged
  56. 56The Buddhism of Northern Asia
  57. 57Chapter VI | The Buddhism of Northern Asia
  58. 58Conditions Out of Which Buddhism Arose
  59. 59Buddhism a Logical Product of Hindu Thought
  60. 60The Buddhist Millennium in India
  61. 61The Development of Northern Buddhism
  62. 62The Creation of Gods
  63. 63The Making of a Pantheon
  64. 64Buddhism Already Corrupted When Brought to Japan
  65. 65The Inviting Field
  66. 66The New Faith Becomes Popular
  67. 67Survey and Summary
  68. 68Riyōbu, or Mixed Buddhism
  69. 69Chapter VII | Riyōbu, or Mixed Buddhism
  70. 70The Kami and the Buddhas
  71. 71The Mission of Art
  72. 72Kōbō the Wonder Worker
  73. 73Kōbō Irenicon
  74. 74The Hindu Yoga Becomes Japanese Riyōbu
  75. 75The Happy Family of Riyōbu
  76. 76Degradation of the Foreign Deities
  77. 77Shintō Buried in Buddhism
  78. 78Buddhism Writes New Chapters of Decay
  79. 79The Seven Gods of Good Fortune
  80. 80The Gon-gen in the Processions
  81. 81Kōbō’s Work Undone
  82. 82Northern Buddhism in Its Doctrinal Evolutions
  83. 83Chapter VIII | Northern Buddhism in Its Doctrinal Evolutions
  84. 84The Standard Doctrinal Work
  85. 85Buddhism as a System of Metaphysics
  86. 86Japanese Pilgrims to China
  87. 87The Middle Path
  88. 88The Great Vehicle
  89. 89A New Chinese Sect
  90. 90The Sect of the True Word
  91. 91Truth Made Apparent by One’s Own Thought
  92. 92The Buddhism of the Japanese
  93. 93Chapter IX | The Buddhism of the Japanese
  94. 94Hō-nen, Founder of the Pure Land Sect
  95. 95Characteristics of the Jō-dō Sect
  96. 96Salvation Through the Merits of Another
  97. 97“Reformed” Buddhism
  98. 98The Protestants of Japanese Buddhism
  99. 99The Nichiren Sect
  100. 100The Ultra-realism of Northern Buddhism
  101. 101Doctrinal Culmination
  102. 102The New Buddhism
  103. 103Japanese Buddhism in Its Missionary Development
  104. 104Chapter X | Japanese Buddhism in Its Missionary Development
  105. 105Pre-Buddhistic Japan
  106. 106The Purveyors of Civilization
  107. 107Ministers of Art
  108. 108Resemblances Between Buddhism and Christianity
  109. 109The Temples and Their Symbolism
  110. 110The Bell and the Cemetery
  111. 111Political and Military Influences
  112. 112Literature, and Education
  113. 113Things Which Buddhism Left Undone
  114. 114The Attitude Toward Woman
  115. 115Influence on the Japanese Character
  116. 116A Century of Roman Christianity
  117. 117Chapter XI | A Century of Roman Christianity
  118. 118First Coming of Europeans
  119. 119Christianity Flourishes
  120. 120The Hostility of Hidéyoshi
  121. 121The Political Character of Roman Christianity
  122. 122The Quarrels of the Christians
  123. 123The Anti-Christian Policy of the Tokugawas
  124. 124The Books of the Inferno Opened
  125. 125Summary of Roman Christianity in Japan
  126. 126Two Centuries of Silence
  127. 127Chapter XII | Two Centuries of Silence
  128. 128Starving of the Mind
  129. 129The Dutchmen at Déshima
  130. 130Protests of Inquiring Spirits
  131. 131A Handful of Salt in a Stagnant Mass
  132. 132Seekers After God
  133. 133The Buddhist Inquisitors
  134. 134The Shingaku Movement
  135. 135Japan Once More Missionary Soil
  136. 136The Imperial Embassy Round the World
  137. 137Notes, Authorities, and Illustrations

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