Tokugawa Religion: The Values Of Pre-Industrial Japan

262 Pages·1957·15.845 MB·English

by  Robert N. Bellah

TOKUGAWAR ELIGION
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E VA U S OF PRE-IN USTRIAL JAPAN
B ROBERT N. BELLAH
Copyright 1957 by The Free Press, A Corporation
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Preface
THIS BOOK grew out of the doctoral dissertation which I presented
to the Departments of Far Eastern Languages and Sociology at
Harvard University in 1955. The training which led up to the
present study represents a somewhat unusual venture, in that this
was the first time at Harvard that a joint degree was issued by
these two departments. This training is reflected in the study in the
combination of a theoretical approach derived from sociology with
the methods of historical research developed by the humanistic
discipline whose special concern is with Far Eastern civilization.
I am indebted to both the Social Science Research Council and
the Harvard-Ye nching Institute for financial support which allowed
me to devote my full time to the research for and writing of this
study. It was Serge Elisseeff who, in his lectures on Japanese litera­
ture, first interested me in Shingaku, and it was with him also that
I first studied Shingaku texts. I am indebted both to Professor
Elisseeff and to Edwin O. Reischauer for much in my understand­
ing of Japanese history and culture.
My thesis advisors were John Pelzel and Talcott Parsons. Both
were extremely helpful throughout; the former giving me the bene­
fit of his extensive knowledge of Japanese culture and society and
the latter providing the theoretical framework within which the
thesis was largely carried out. Albert M. Craig read the manuscript
throughout and made several suggestions which have been incor­
porated in the text. Tatsuo Arima was most helpful in checking
my translations from Japanese and was kind enough to write the
characters in the lists of terms and names at the end of the book.
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ROBERT N. BELLAH
Contents
Preface
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ReliagniIdon nd usStorciiiaenlt yJ apan
1. 1
AnO utloifJn aep aSnoecsSieta rlu icnt ure
II.
thTeo kugPaewrai od
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rvR.e liagnido nPt ohlei ty
86
v.R eliagnitdoh Enec onomy
107
ShingaanikdtFu s o unIdhseirdB,aa igan
VI. 133
Conclusion 178
VII.
A MemooifOr u Trea hceIrs,h ida
APPENDIXI .
Trantosinol fa
Ishida Sensei Jiseki1 99
LiosfCt h inaensJdea panese Words
APPENDIIXI . 217
LiosfCt h inaensJdea paNnaemsees
APPENDIIIXI . 230
BIBLIOGRAPHY 235
INDEX 245
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