CONTENTS
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| II. Ancestor-Worship | |
| BY PROFESSOR NOBUSHIGE HOZUMI | |
| Ancestor-Worship in Europe and America—Ancestor-Worship in Japan—The Origin of Ancestor-Worship—Love of Ancestors, not Dread, the Cause of Worship —The Sacred Places in every Japanese House—The Worship of Imperial Ancestors—The Eleven Great Festival Days—The Worship of Clan Ancestors—The Worship of Family Ancestors—The Shinto and the Buddhist Ceremonies—The Worship of Imperial Ancestors the National Worship—The House—Marriage—Divorce—Adoption—Succession | 281 |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| FINANCE | |
| I. History of Financial Development | |
| BY COUNT INOUYE | |
| Looking Back to the Beginning of the Present Era—The State of Affairs at the Restoration—The anti-Foreign Feeling—The Unsatisfactory Financial Condition—Disinclination of the Government for Economy—The Redemption of State and other Paper Money—The Popular Clamour for a Constitution—The Revision of the Foreign Treaties—The War with China and its Results—A Parallel with the Franco-Prussian War—Japan necessary for the Maintenance of the Balance in the Far East—Foreign Capital absolutely necessary—A Scheme for its Introduction—The Financial Condition not Unsound | 309 |
| II. Financial and Economic Problems | |
| BY COUNT INOUYE | |
| The Need for Systematic Development—Railways and Spinning Industry—A Scheme needed to Make the National Industries Self-supporting—The Outflow of Gold—Attention to the Chinese Markets, a Lesson from Great Britain—The Revision of Foreign Treaties and the Introduction of Foreign Capital—The Adoption of a more Liberal Policy essential | 312 |
