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A Handbook of Modern Japan

Chapter 49: 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.

Those specially interested should not fail to consult “The Gist of Japan” (Peery); “Christianity in Modern Japan” (Clement); “Japan and its Regeneration” (Cary); “Dux Christus: An Outline Study of Japan”; “The Religions of Japan,” “Verbeck of Japan,” and “A Maker of the New Orient” (all by Griffis); and “Sunrise in the Sunrise Kingdom” (De Forest). The “Proceedings” of the Osaka and the Tōkyō Missionary Conferences, and Ritter’s “History of Protestant Missions in Japan” are very valuable. “From Far Formosa” (Mackay) tells of wonderful pioneer work there. For current news, the “Japan Evangelist,” a monthly magazine published by the Methodist Publishing House, Tōkyō, is the best.

The pamphlet entitled “The Christian Movement [in its Relation to the New Life] in Japan,” issued annually by the Standing Committee of Coöperating Christian Missions, is most instructive.

On early Catholicism, the “History of Japan,” by Murdoch and Yamagata, is invaluable.

The authoritative work is Cary’s “History of Christianity in Japan” (2 vols.).