ABSTRACT

Astheseasonschange,sodothewindswhichblowonJapanese studies.StudiesonthenatureofJapanesesocietyareexposedto changesintheintellectualclimate.Sometimesthechangeisabrupt, markedbytheopeningofthecountryortheendofawar.At othertimesthedrifthasbeenon~steadycurrent;imperceptible perhaps,butjustassurelymovingJapanfromoneclimaticzone toanother.AsourimagesofJapanesesocietyhaveinevitably beenpartoftheJapaneselandscapewhilealsobeingshapedby theintellectualenvironmentinJapanandabroad,itisnot surprisingthattheytoohavechangedwiththeseasons.