Nakatomi, noble family of, 241.
Nature, controlled by ghosts of ancestors, according to Shinto,
106; Buddhist interpretation of, 192-194.
Nihongi, "Chronicles of Nihon", 110, 111, 115-116, 126; cited,
38-39, 112 n., 164 n., 196 n., 232 n., 234 n., 360 n.
Nirvana, not preached to common Japanese people, 189, 194-195.
Nobility, origin of the, 241-242. See Daimyo.
Nobunaga, Oda, massacres of priests by, 251; career of, 274-276;
Jesuits favored by, 304-305.
Obedience, rules of, 48-49, 63, 157, (see Filial Piety); modern reversion to law of, 63, 377-378; of individual to the community, 89-99.
Offerings, to the dead, 37; meat forbidden as, 201.
Officers, army pay of, 412.
O-harai, ceremony of purification, 144-147.