The foundations of Japan
A concern arose to spend some time with them that I might feel and understand their life and the spirit they live in, if haply I might receive some instruction from them, or they might be in any degree helped forward by my following the leadings of truth among them when the troubles of War were increasing and when travelling was more difficult than usual. I looked upon it as a more favourable opportunity to season my mind and to bring me into a nearer sympathy with them.— Journal of John Woolman , 1762.
I determined to commence my researches at some distance from the capital, being well aware of the erroneous ideas I must form should I judge from what I heard in a city so much subjected to foreign intercourse.—Borrow.
The hope with which these pages are written is that their readers may be enabled to see a little deeper into that problem of the relation of the West with Asia which the historian of the future will unquestionably regard as the greatest of our time.
I lived for four and a half years in Japan. This book is a record of many of the things I saw and experienced and some of the things I was told chiefly during rural journeys—more than half the population is rural—extending to twice the distance across the United States or nearly eight times the distance between the English Channel and John o' Groats.
J. W. Robertson Scott
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF JAPAN
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CONTENTS
STUDIES IN A SINGLE PREFECTURE (AICHI)
THE MOST EXACTING CROP IN THE WORLD
BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES: THE APOSTLE AND THE ARTIST
ACROSS JAPAN (TOKYO TO NIIGATA AND BACK)
IN AND OUT OF THE SILK PREFECTURE
FROM TOKYO TO THE NORTH BY THE WEST COAST
BACK AGAIN BY THE EAST COAST
THE ISLAND OF SHIKOKU
THE SOUTH-WEST OF JAPAN
TWO MONTHS IN TEMPLE (NAGANO)
IN AND OUT OF THE TEA PREFECTURE
EXCURSIONS FROM TOKYO
REFLECTIONS IN HOKKAIDO
THE FOUNDATIONS OF JAPAN
CHAPTER I
THE MERCY OF BUDDHA
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CHAPTER II
"GOOD PEOPLE ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY PRECAUTIOUS"
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CHAPTER III
EARLY-RISING SOCIETIES AND OTHER INGENUOUS ACTIVITIES
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CHAPTER IV
"THE SIGHT OF A GOOD MAN IS ENOUGH"
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CHAPTER V
COUNTRY-HOUSE LIFE
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CHAPTER VI
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CHAPTER VII
OF "DEVIL-GON" AND YOSOGI
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THE MOST EXACTING CROP IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER VIII
THE HARVEST FROM THE MUD
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CHAPTER IX
THE RICE BOWL, THE GODS AND THE NATION
I
II
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BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES: THE APOSTLE AND THE ARTIST
CHAPTER X
A TROUBLER OF ISRAEL
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CHAPTER XI
THE IDEA OF A GAP
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ACROSS JAPAN (TOKYO TO NIIGATA AND BACK)
CHAPTER XII
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CHAPTER XIII
THE DWELLERS IN THE HILLS (FUKUSHIMA)
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CHAPTER XIV
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CHAPTER XV
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CHAPTER XVI
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CHAPTER XVII
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CHAPTER XVIII
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CHAPTER XIX
"FRIEND-LOVE-SOCIETY'S" GRIM TALE
I
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FROM TOKYO TO THE NORTH BY THE WEST COAST
CHAPTER XX
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CHAPTER XXI
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BACK AGAIN BY THE EAST COAST
CHAPTER XXII
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CHAPTER XXIII
A MIDNIGHT TALK
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THE ISLAND OF SHIKOKU
CHAPTER XXIV
LANDLORDS, PRIESTS AND "BASHA" (TOKUSHIMA, KOCHI AND KAGAWA)
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CHAPTER XXV
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CHAPTER XXVI
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THE SOUTH-WEST OF JAPAN
CHAPTER XXVII
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CHAPTER XXVIII
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CHAPTER XXIX
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TWO MONTHS IN TEMPLE
CHAPTER XXX
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CHAPTER XXXI
IN AND OUT OF THE TEA PREFECTURE
CHAPTER XXXII
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CHAPTER XXXIII
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EXCURSIONS FROM TOKYO
CHAPTER XXXIV
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CHAPTER XXXV
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CHAPTER XXXVI
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REFLECTIONS IN HOKKAIDO
COLONIAL JAPAN AND ITS UN-JAPANESE WAYS
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CHAPTER XXXVIII
SHALL THE JAPANESE EAT BREAD AND MEAT?
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CHAPTER XXXIX
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CHAPTER XL
THE PROBLEMS OF JAPAN
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APPENDICES
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B
COST AND PRICE OF RICE (see page 383)
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