monotheism, 311;
his character, 375

"Netsuke," comical carvings, 241

New aeon, characterized, 14;
the consequences, 15

Newton's, Rev. J.C.E., "Japan: Country, Court, and People" 10, 46

"Nichiren," a sect, 198

Nirvana characterized, 400

Nitobe's, Prof. J., "Bushido: The Soul of Japan," 10

"Nominal": Pedigree, 215;
church contributions, 216;
express train, 216

"Nominality": illustrated in history, 213;
in family life, 214;
in Christian work, 216;
explained by old order, 217;
giving way under Western influence, 217

Norman, Mr. Henry, 17;
his "Real Japan," 46

Nude in art: its lack, 175-177

Obsequiousness, 140

Occident and Orient: conflict not unending, 13;
social intercourse and mutual influence, 436

Occidental civilization; a defect in, 71

Ohashi, Junzo, opposed to Western thought, 254

Old Japan, 35-37;
its oppression, 53, 54;
emptiness of common life, 54;
condition of woman, 54, 56;
divorce, 56, 57;
moral and legal maxims, 252, 253;
its morality, 244, 261

"Omi Sajin," Sage of Omi, 93

Oriental characteristics: are they distinctive? 422;
general opinion of, 423;
view of author, 425;
social, not racial, 425, 434

Originality in art, 203;
judicious imitation, 209

Orphan asylums, 131

Oyomei, 228

Patriotism, 48-51;
relation to apotheosis, 144, 158;
to war, 145;
Christian orphans, 145

Peasants, stolidity, 165

Pedigree, "nominal" not actual ancestry, 215

Peery, Dr., Japanese philosophical incompetence, 225

Personality: 21-22;
importance of, 342;
defined, 356-357;
characteristics of, 358;
"strong" and "weak," 374, 375;
Confucian ethics, 390;
Supreme Being, 391;
gods of popular Buddhism, 391;
idea grasped by Japanese, 393;
sketch of development, 394;
racial or social inheritance, 395;
progress in ethico-religious process, 447;
the criterion of progress, 447

Personality in conception of nationality, 373

Personal pronouns, their lack possible proof of personality, 369;
"honorific" particles, 368;
substitutes, 370, 371

Pfleiderer, Prof., religious deficiency of Japanese, 286

Phallicism: its suppression, 325;
Western influence, 326

Philosophy: Occidental ignorance of its history in Japan, 200;
terms used, 221;
Japanese students of, 229;
individuals interested, 229

Philosophical ability, 225-232;
Japanese claims, 225;
constructive power, 226;