Conscience, doctrine of, admitted by Buddhism, 196.
Coulanges, Fustel de, 52, 264, 449; quoted, 27, 67.
Courtesy, legal regulation of, 173-176.
Craft-gods, 124, 153-154.
Crafts, effect of Buddhism on, 188; guilds connected with, 246, 252, 402-405.
Crucifixion of Christians at Nagasaki, 307.
Cruelty to animals, apparent absence of, 12-13; punishment of, after death, 197.
Daimyo, lords of provinces, 242; conversion of, to Jesuitism, 304; Jesuits work with aid of, 304, 306,308, 339; protection of peasantry against, 396.
Dai-Nihon-Shi, compilation of, 370.
Dances, sacred, 142-143; of the festival of the dead, 202.
Dancing, Japanese, 202 n. 2.
Dan-no-ura, sea-fight of, 267.
Daughter, gradation of terms signifying, 171.
Daughters, sale of, 72, 75 n.
Daughters-in-law, custom as to, 64-65.
Dead, early conceptions of fate of, 25-28; rites in honour of, 34-46; poems in praise of, 35; Buddhist doctrine of, 47; effects of Buddhism on worship of, 191-192.
Death, penalty of, inflicted for slight offences, 178-179; matters relating to, regulated by law, 179.
Debtors, reduction of, to slavery, 234.
Deities, punishments by tutelar, 102-105; lesser Shinto, 108. See Gods and Ujigami.
Demeanour, regulation of, 173-176; cultivation of, as an art, 359-361.
Demon-Gate, the, 130.
Dependants, under the patriarchal system, 76-78, 231-234; conservative attitude of, 400; position of employes in commercial houses, 406; position of maid-servants, 407-409.
Deportment, code of, 173.
Discipline, strength of, in Old Japan, 159-182.
Divination, systems of, 150-152; not used in warfare, 152.
Divorce, in ancient family system, 58, 69-70, 73, 75; the new laws about, 386.
Dominicans in Japan, 307; reckless zeal of, 338.
Drama, introduction by Buddhism, 204; the age of popular, 357; incidents of real tragedy reproduced in, 290-291.
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