Japanese traits and foreign influences / Inazo Nitobe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nitobe, InazoÌ, 1862-1933., author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Japan ; v. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Japanese.

Japan--Civilization.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge : Taylor & Francis Group, 2011, c1927.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume collects together essays and lectures given by the author from 1922-1927 to a variety of international audiences. Together they illuminate essential aspects of the Japanese mentality and way of life, particularly in social, religious and linguistic aspects.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""THE CHANGING ORIENT""; ""SOME TRAITS OF ORIENTAL MENTALITY""; ""CHINA�S CULTURAL INFLUENCE ON JAPAN: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HER LANGUAGE""; ""THE MORAL BASIS OF JAPANESE MONARCHY""; ""ON TEAISM""; ""ON HAIKU""; ""AN EASTERN IDEA OF CHARITY""; ""AN ORIENTAL CHRISTIAN�S VIEW OF THE RACE PROBLEM""; ""CAN THE EAST AND THE WEST EVER MEET?""

Notes:

First published in 1927.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-136-92511-2

1-136-92512-0

1-283-03804-8

9786613038043

0-203-84514-5

9780203845141

OCLC:

708564541