A Handbook of Modern Japan

Chapter 35: BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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The work surveys Japan’s physical geography, economy, transport, daily life, customs, and national character, then reviews both older and modern history alongside constitutional, local, and legal institutions. It examines religion, philosophy, literature, education, aesthetics, social change, and the role of women, and it assesses Japan’s international position including wartime and expansion topics. The author presents social transformation as largely government-directed, with conservative popular attitudes contrasted against progressive official reforms. Organized into concise chapters with maps, illustrations, and bibliographies, the volume functions as a compact handbook offering an overview of contemporary conditions and references for further study.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Suitable works of reference on this chapter are scarce. “The Yankees of the East” (Curtis), chap, viii., and “The Real Japan” (Norman), chaps. iii. and xi., furnish some material. Dr. Masujima’s papers in the Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan on “The Japanese Legal Seal” (vol. xvii.) and “Modern Japanese Legal Institutions” (vol. xviii.) are quite instructive; and so is Longford’s “Summary of the Japanese Penal Codes” in vol. v. Some specific references have already been made in footnotes.

“Every Day Japan” (Lloyd) contains interesting material on these topics. Hozumi’s “Lectures on the New Japanese Civil Code” and “Ancestor Worship and Japanese Law” are very valuable.