1. History of Japan, by Engelbert Kaempfer, 1727-1728. Worthless for Shinto.

2. Nippon Archif., 1897 (new edition), by P. F. von Siebold. Good when first published, but superseded by later works, in so far as Shinto is concerned.

3. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan.

(a) A series of papers on ‘The Revival of Pure Shinto’ and ‘Ancient Japanese Rituals,’ by Sir Ernest Satow. 1874-81. The serious student may safely neglect all that precedes these epoch-making articles.

(b) The Kojiki, translated by B. H. Chamberlain, 1883. Accurate, indispensable for myth.

(c) Ancient Japanese Rituals. The Ohoharahi, with translation and notes by Dr. Karl Florenz, 1899. Valuable.

4. Transactions of the Japan Society. the Nihongi, Translated By W. G. Aston, 1896. Similar in Scope To The Kojiki.

5. Japan, an Appreciation, by Lafcadio Hearn, 1904. Sympathetic insight, admirable style, blind acceptance of H. Spencer’s philosophy, imperfect knowledge. His outlook is seen at its best in the recently published Life and Letters (Constable, 1907).

6. The Mikado’s Empire, by W. E. Griffis. Useful for some aspects of modern Shinto, and the Folk-lore associated with it.

7. The Religions of Japan, by W. E. Griffis, 1895. Shows the relations of Shinto to Buddhism and Confucianism.

8. The Development of Religion in Japan. Lectures by G. W. Knox, 1907. Judicious and up-to-date.

9. German Asiatic Society of Japan. Japanische Mythologie, by Dr. Karl Florenz. 1901. A good German translation of the mythological part of the Nihongi, with useful notes.

10. Japan and China, by Captain Brinkley. 1903. Throws light on some aspects of modern Shinto.

11. Murray’s Japan, by B. H. Chamberlain and W. B. Mason. 7 ed. 1903.

12. Things Japanese, by B. H. Chamberlain. 5 ed. 1905.

13. Shintoisme, by M. Revon, in the Revue de l’Histoire des Religions, 1905-1907. Highly recommended for its up-to-date theory, and as a comprehensive collection of facts.

14. Shinto, by W. G. Aston, 1905. Of similar scope to the present work, but more comprehensive.

15. Ancestor Worship and Japanese Law, by Nobushige Hodzumi. 1901.

16. A Fantasy of Far Japan, by Baron Suyematsu. 1905. These two works represent the attitude of modern Japanese towards the old Shinto.

17. A Bibliography of the Japanese Empire (1895). Gives a classified list of books, essays, and maps in European languages relating to Japan. Tolerably comprehensive, but inaccurate.