Japan: An Attempt at InterpretationHearn, Lafcadio
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Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Hearn, Lafcadio
Japan -- Civilization
Cruelty to animals, apparent absence of, 12-13; punishment of,
after death, 197.
Daimyo, lords of provinces, 242; conversion of, to Jesuitism,
304; Jesuits work with aid of, 304, 306,308, 339; protection of
peasantry against, 396.
Dai-Nihon-Shi, compilation of, 370.
Dances, sacred, 142-143; of the festival of the dead, 202.
Dancing, Japanese, 202 n. 2.
Dan-no-ura, sea-fight of, 267.
Daughter, gradation of terms signifying, 171.
Daughters, sale of, 72, 75 n.
Daughters-in-law, custom as to, 64-65.
Dead, early conceptions of fate of, 25-28; rites in honour of,
34-46; poems in praise of, 35; Buddhist doctrine of, 47;
effects of Buddhism on worship of, 191-192.
Death, penalty of, inflicted for slight offences, 178-179;
matters relating to, regulated by law, 179.
Debtors, reduction of, to slavery, 234.
Deities, punishments by tutelar, 102-105; lesser Shinto, 108.
See Gods and Ujigami.
Demeanour, regulation of, 173-176; cultivation of, as an art,
359-361.
Demon-Gate, the, 130.
Dependants, under the patriarchal system, 76-78, 231-234;
conservative attitude of, 400; position of employes in
commercial houses, 406; position of maid-servants, 407-409.
Deportment, code of, 173.
Discipline, strength of, in Old Japan, 159-182.
Divination, systems of, 150-152; not used in warfare, 152.
Divorce, in ancient family system, 58, 69-70, 73, 75; the new
laws about, 386.
Dominicans in Japan, 307; reckless zeal of, 338.
Drama, introduction by Buddhism, 204; the age of popular, 357;
incidents of real tragedy reproduced in, 290-291.
Dress, restrictions as to, 166-168.
Dutch, assistance of, in putting down Shimabara Revolt, 326-327;
effect on status of, of Shimabara Revolt, 329-330.
Ear-Monument, the, 277.
Education, effect of Buddhism on, 202-203; introduction of modern
system of, 376; of the State, 419-441; the sustaining of, by
personal sacrifices, 435-436; of students abroad, 439-441.
Emma (Yama), judge of the dead, 199.
Emperor, application of term, to early rulers, incorrect, 237.
Enactments of the Kumi, 91-94.
Eta, people, the, 98, 247-250.
Etiquette, cultivation of, in Tokugawa period, 359-361.
Evolution, Buddhism a theory of, 210.
Execution, account of an early, 177-178.
Exports, rise in value of, 451.
Expression, etiquette of, 173.
Factory-life, horrors of modern, 452.
Families of the nobility, number of, 241.
Family, definition of Japanese term, 22; basis of the ancient,
55-57; obligation to perpetuate the, 58-59; constitution of the
patriarchal, 60-79.
Farmers, the rank of, 244-245; secured against undue oppression,
396-397. See Agriculture.
Father, gradation of terms signifying, 171.
Feast-days, Shinto, 103, 137:
Fencing, Japanese, an example of antipodal action, 7-8.
Festival of the dead, dances of the, 202.
Festival-processions, Shinto, 103.
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