Jesuitism, effect of, on Japan, 328: causes of early success of,
330-337; policy of, in China, 331, 337; inability of, to adapt
itself to Japanese social conditions, 341.
Jesuits, arrival of, in Japan, 304; favoured by Nobunaga, 304-305;
persecutions of, 304-305, 307-308; partial expulsion of, 321;
revolt of peasantry managed by, 324-325; final crushing of, 327.
Jigai, method of suicide for women, 287.
Jimmu, Emperor, 259; offerings at tomb of, 37.
Jingo, Emperor, legend of Korean conquest by, 259.
Jinrikisha-men, code of, 401-402.
Jito, Empress, edict of, concerning slavery, 234 n.
Jizo, playmate of infant ghosts, 199; first production of icons of, 200.
Joyousness of existence, Japanese, 12-13.
Junshi, voluntary self-sacrifice, 39-40; decree of Iyeyasu puts
stop to, 285-286.