ABSTRACT

This volume collects together essays and lectures given by the author from 1922-1927 to a variety of international audiences. Together they illuminate essential aspects of the Japanese mentality and way of life, particularly in social, religious and linguistic aspects.

 

chapter 1|8 pages

THE CHANGING ORIENT

chapter 2|9 pages

SOME TRAITS OF ORIENTAL MENTALITY

chapter |13 pages

CHINA’S CULTURAL INFLUENCE ON JAPAN

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HER LANGUAGE

chapter 4|11 pages

THE MORAL BASIS OF JAPANESE MONARCHY

chapter 5|9 pages

ON TEAISM

chapter 6|13 pages

ON HAIKU

chapter 7|10 pages

AN EASTERN IDEA OF CHARITY

chapter 9|12 pages

CAN THE EAST AND WEST EVER MEET?