The Religions of Japan

About this eBook

Author

Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928

Title

The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji

Credits

Produced by Nathan Strom, Frank van Drogen, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Japan -- Religion

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15516

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15516

Release Date

March 31, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN FROM THE DAWN OF HISTORY TO THE ERA OF MEIJI — BY
2. 2.WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D.D. — FORMERLY OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF TOKIO; AUTHOR OF "THE MIKADO'S EMPIRE" AND "COREA, THE HERMIT NATION;" LATE LECTURER ON THE MORSE FOUNDATION IN UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN NEW YORK — "I came not to destroy, but to fulfil."—THE SON OF MAN — NEW YORK — CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS — 1895 — COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS — TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. 5.PRIMITIVE FAITH: RELIGION BEFORE BOOKS
6. 6.CHAPTER I - PRIMITIVE FAITH: RELIGION BEFORE BOOKS — The Morse Lectureship and the Study of Comparative Religion — The People of Japan. — The Amalgam of Religions. — Shamanism. — Mythical Zoölogy. — Fetichism. — Phallicism. — Tree and Serpent Worship. — Pantheism's Destruction of Boundaries. 26
7. 7.SHINTŌ: MYTHS AND RITUAL
8. 8.CHAPTER II - SHINTŌ: MYTHS AND RITUAL — The Japanese a Young Nation. — The Ancient Documents. — Origins of the Japanese People. — Mikadoism the Heart of Shintō. — Ritual in Praise of the Sun-goddess. — Phallic Symbols. — Fire-myths and Ritual.
9. 9."THE KOJIKI" AND ITS TEACHINGS
10. 10.CHAPTER III - "THE KOJIKI" AND ITS TEACHINGS — "The Kojiki" mid its Myths of Cosmogony. — Izanagi's Visit to Hades and Results. — Life in Japan During the Divine Age. — The Ethics of the God-way. — The Rise of Mikadoism. — Purification of Offences. — Mikadoism Usurps the Primitive God-way. — Ancient Customs and Usages. — Shintō's Emphasis on Cleanliness. — Prayers to Myriads of Gods. — Shintō Left in a State of Arrested Development. — The Modern Revivalists of Kami no Michi. — The Great Purification of 1870. — Summary of Shintō.
11. 11.THE CHINESE ETHICAL SYSTEM IN JAPAN
12. 12.CHAPTER IV - THE CHINESE ETHICAL SYSTEM IN JAPAN — Confucius a Historical Character. — Primitive Chinese Faith. — Vicissitudes of Confucianism. — Japanese Confucianism and Feudalism Contemporary. — In Japan, Loyalty Displaces Filial Piety. — The Five Relations. — The Paramount Idea of Loyalty. — Suicide Made Honorable. — The Family Idea. — The Marital Relation. — The Elder and the Younger Brother. — Friendship and Humanity.
13. 13.CONFUCIANISM IN ITS PHILOSOPHICAL FORM
14. 14.CHAPTER V - CONFUCIANISM IN ITS PHILOSOPHICAL FORM — Japan's Millennium of Simple Confucianism. — Survey of the Intellectual History of China. — Contrast between the Chinese and Japanese Intellect. — Philosophical Confucianism the Religion of the Samurai. — A Medley of Pantheism. — The Ideals of a Samurai. — New Japan Makes Revision. — The Ideal of Yamato Damashii Enlarged.
15. 15.THE BUDDHISM OF NORTHERN ASIA.
16. 16.CHAPTER VI - THE BUDDHISM OF NORTHERN ASIA — Pre-Buddhistic India. — Conditions out of which Buddhism Arose. — Buddhism a Logical Product of Hindu Thought. — The Buddhist Millennium in India. — The Development of Northern Buddhism — The Creation of Gods. — The Making of a Pantheon. — Buddhism Already Corrupted when brought to Japan. — The Inviting Field. — The New Faith Becomes Popular. — Survey and Summary.
17. 17.RIYŌBU, OR MIXED BUDDHISM
18. 18.CHAPTER VII - RIYŌBU, OR MIXED BUDDHISM — Syncretism in Religion. — The Kami and the Buddhas. — The Mission of Art. — Kōbō the Wonder Worker. — Kōbō Irenicon. — The Hindu Yoga Becomes Japanese Riyōbu. — The Happy Family of Riyōbu. — Degradation of the Foreign Deities. — Shintō Buried in Buddhism. — Buddhism Writes New Chapters of Decay. — The Seven Gods of Good Fortune. — The Gon-gen in the Processions. — Kōbō's Work Undone.
19. 19.NORTHERN BUDDHISM IN ITS DOCTRINAL EVOLUTIONS
20. 20.CHAPTER VIII - NORTHERN BUDDHISM IN ITS DOCTRINAL EVOLUTIONS — Chronological Outline. — The Standard Doctrinal Work. — Buddhism as a System of Metaphysics. — Japanese Pilgrims to China. — The Middle Path. — The Great Vehicle. — A New Chinese Sect. — The Sect of the True Word. — Truth Made Apparent by One's Own Thought.
21. 21.THE BUDDHISM OF THE JAPANESE
22. 22.CHAPTER IX - THE BUDDHISM OF THE JAPANESE — The Western Paradise. — Hō-nen, Founder of the Pure Land Sect. — Characteristics of the Jō-dō Sect. — Salvation Through the Merits of Another. — "Reformed" Buddhism. — The Protestants of Japanese Buddhism. — The Nichiren Sect. — The Ultra-realism of Northern Buddhism. — Doctrinal Culmination. — The New Buddhism.
23. 23.JAPANESE BUDDHISM IN ITS MISSIONARY DEVELOPMENT
24. 24.CHAPTER X - JAPANESE BUDDHISM IN ITS MISSIONARY DEVELOPMENT — Missionary Buddhism the Measure of Japan's Civilization. — Pre-Buddhistic Japan. — The Purveyors of Civilization. — Ministers of Art. — Resemblances between Buddhism and Christianity. — The Temples and Their Symbolism. — The Bell and the Cemetery. — Political and Military Influences. — Literature, and Education. — Things Which Buddhism Left Undone. — The Attitude Toward Woman. — Influence on the Japanese Character.
25. 25.A CENTURY OF ROMAN CHRISTIANITY
26. 26.CHAPTER XI - A CENTURY OF ROMAN CHRISTIANITY — Darkest Japan. — First Coming of Europeans. — Christianity Flourishes. — The Hostility of Hidéyoshi. — The Political Character of Roman Christianity. — The Quarrels of the Christians. — The Anti-Christian Policy of the Tokugawas. — The Books of the Inferno Opened. — Summary of Roman Christianity in Japan.
27. 27.TWO CENTURIES OF SILENCE
28. 28.CHAPTER XII - TWO CENTURIES OF SILENCE — The Japanese Shut In. — Starving of the Mind. — The Dutchmen at Déshima. — Protests of Inquiring Spirits. — A Handful of Salt in a Stagnant Mass. — Seekers after God. — The Buddhist Inquisitors. — The Shingaku Movement. — Japan Once More Missionary Soil. — The Imperial Embassy Round the World.
29. 29.NOTES, AUTHORITIES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
30. 30.INDEX

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