A Handbook of Modern Japan

Chapter 41: 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.

“The Wee Ones of Japan” (Mrs. Bramhall), pp. 97-108; “When I was a Boy in Japan” (Shioya); “A Japanese Boy” (Shigemi); “Japanese Girls and Women” and “A Japanese Interior” (Miss Bacon), all give interesting accounts of school life in both Old and New Japan. The Department of Education issues annually in English, for free distribution on application, a “Report,” which contains the latest statistics and other information. “The Educational Conquest of the Far East” (Lewis) is an excellent discussion of educational conditions and problems of the day in China and Japan. See also Scherer’s “Young Japan,” pp. 284-311. The (English) catalogue of the Imperial University, Tōkyō, is instructive. “Every Day Japan” (Lloyd) contains interesting material on this subject. “Japanese Education” (Kikuchi) is authoritative.