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JAPAN: AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION BY LAFCADIO HEARN   Honorary Member of the Japan Society, London; formerly Lecturer in the Imperial University of Tōkyō (1896-1903), and Fourteen Years a Resident of Japan   "Perhaps all very marked national characters can be traced back to a time of rigid and pervading discipline." – Walter Bagehot   New York: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1907 Contents I. Difficulties II. Strangeness and Charm III. The Ancient Cult IV. The Religion of the Home V. The Japanese Family VI. The Communal Cult VII. Developments of Shintō VIII. Worship and Purification IX. The Rule of the Dead X. The Introduction of Buddhism XI. The Higher Buddhism XII. The Social Organization XIII. The Rise of the Military Power XIV. The Religion of Loyalty XV. The Jesuit Peril XVI. Feudal Integration XVII. The Shintō Revival XVIII. Survivals XIX. Modern Restraints XX. Official Education XXI. Industrial Danger XXII. Reflections Appendix Bibliographical Notes