Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I. DIFFICULTIES 1

II. STRANGENESS AND CHARM 7

III. THE ANCIENT CULT 25

IV. THE RELIGION OF THE HOME 39

V. THE JAPANESE FAMILY 63

VI. THE COMMUNAL CULT 91

VII. DEVELOPMENTS OF SHINTO 119

VIII. WORSHIP AND PURIFICATION 147

IX. THE RULE OF THE DEAD 173

X. THE INTRODUCTION OF BUDDHISM 201

XI. THE HIGHER BUDDHISM 227

XII. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 251

XIII. THE RISE OF THE MILITARY POWER 283

XIV. THE RELIGION OF LOYALTY 309

XV. THE JESUIT PERIL 331

XVI. FEUDAL INTEGRATION 373

XVII. THE SHINTO REVIVAL 399

XVIII. SURVIVALS 415

XIX. MODERN RESTRAINTS 431

XX. OFFICIAL EDUCATION 457

XXI. INDUSTRIAL DANGER 483

XXII. REFLECTIONS 499

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE S527

INDEX 529