CONTENTS
H. B. Montgomery
PAGE
PREFACE
v
CHAPTER
I.
A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST
1
II.
THE COUNTRY: ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES—PRODUCTS—FAUNA—FLORA, ETC.
17
III.
THE JAPANESE RACE AND ITS LANGUAGE
29
IV.
THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN, THEIR INFLUENCES AND EFFECTS
39
V.
THE CONSTITUTION—THE CROWN AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
49
VI.
THE PEOPLE, THEIR LIFE AND HABITS
63
VII.
TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRIES
80
VIII.
JAPAN’S FINANCIAL BURDENS AND RESOURCES
90
IX.
EDUCATION
102
X.
THE JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY
117
XI.
JAPANESE ART—INTRODUCTORY—LACQUER AND PORCELAIN
131
XII.
JAPANESE ART—SCULPTURE—METAL WORK—PAINTING
149
XIII.
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
167
XIV.
POSTAL AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
176
XV.
LAW AND ORDER
185
XVI.
LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA
193
XVII.
NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN
202
XVIII.
JAPANESE MORALITY
211
XIX.
JAPAN AND CHINA
221
XX.
EUROPEANS IN JAPAN
231
XXI.
A VISIT TO SOME BUDDHIST TEMPLES
244
XXII.
THE AINOS
250
XXIII.
JAPAN AS IT IS TO-DAY
258
XXIV.
THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—PHYSICAL—MORAL—MENTAL
276
XXV.
THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—NATIONAL—POLITICAL—ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD
288
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