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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| EDUCATION | |
| I. The Growth of Education | |
| BY COUNT OKUMA | |
| Development of Japanese Literature—The Beginning of Western Influences—Educational Difficulties—No Independence of Study—Commercial Education | 223 |
| II. The Present System of Education | |
| BY PROFESSOR SAWAYANAGI | |
| Introduction—Primary Schools—Secondary Schools—Girls’ High Schools—Normal Schools—Higher Schools—Imperial Universities | 228 |
| III. University Education in Japan | |
| SPECIALLY PREPARED IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO | |
| Supply and Demand of University Graduates—The Necessity for more Universities—Primary Education—Secondary Education—The Lack of Good Teachers—Foreign Languages—Kwazokus, Shizokus, and Heimin—Middle and Higher Schools—Defects of the Present Preparatory Educational System—The Constitution of Tokyo University—Law Graduates and State Examinations—The College of Medicine—The Engineering College—The College of Literature— The College of Science—The College of Agriculture—The Number of Graduates during the Ten Years to 1900 in the Different Courses—The Time necessary to Complete an Education in Japan | 238 |
| IV. Woman’s Education | |
| BY BARON SUYEMATSU | |
| The Position of Woman in the Past and Present—Great Authoresses and Poets—Historical Female Figures—The Problem of Women’s Education—Compulsory Education for Boys and Girls—Kindergartens and Elementary Schools—The Curricula of Higher Schools for Women—The Higher Normal School for Women—The Peeress’ School—Academy of Music—The Tokyo Jiogakkwan—The Women’s University—The Occupations of Women—Institutions organized by Women—The Future Position of Women | 255 |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| RELIGION | |
| I. Bushido—the Moral Ideas of Japan | |
| BY PROFESSOR INAZO NITOBE | |
| The Difficulties of a Survey of the Moral System of a Whole People—Tourists’ Misconceptions of Japan—Chivalry in Europe and in Japan—The Effects of the Feudal System—Why Foreign Visitors think Japan Immoral—Bushido: Fighting - Knight - Ways—Morality of Bushido based on Manhood and Manliness—Samuraiism not a Code—The Influence of Chinese Classics—Buddhism—Bushido the Totality of the Moral Instincts of the Japanese Race—The Moral Teachings of Shintoism—The Person the most Precious Legacy left by our Fathers—Stewards of our Health—Self-mastery a Primary Virtue—The Voice of Conscience the only Criterion of Right and Wrong—Sich schämen—Rectitude—Benevolence—Love for Emperor and Country—Parental and Filial Love—Filial Piety the First of the Virtues—The Samurai Attitude towards Women—Stoicism—Politeness and Propriety of Conduct—Veracity—The Mercantile Calling and the Samurai—The Ethics of Harakiri—A Survey of the Religions of the World—Bushido the one Foundation of Patriotism and Loyalty—Necessity for Loyalty to the Best that has been Inherited—Yamato-Damashii, the Soul of Japan | 262 |
