Mabuchi, Shinto commentator, 159-160, 260, 369.
Maid-servants, position of, 407-409.
Manners, laws as to, 173-176.
Marriage, obligatory in ancient Japan, 58; in patriarchal family, 58-60, 64-67; signified adoption only, 64; a chief duty of filial piety, 65; ceremony of, 65-67; of servants, 77-78; modern innovations in, 385-386; service by girls merely a preparation for, 407-408.
Masashige, Kusunoki, 50.
Massacre of Shimabara, 325-327.
Massacres, of priests by Nobunaga, 251; caused by Christian attacks on domestic faiths, 475, 479.
Matsuri-goto, "matters of worship", 32.
Matsuri, temple-festivals, 84.
Meat, forbidden for food, 196-197; forbidden as offerings by
Buddhism, 201.