Shinto

330

See above, p. 344.

331

For an account of Japanese Buddhism, consult Murray's 'Japan,' or the more comprehensive description in Griffis's 'Religions of Japan.'

332

See above, p. 175.

333

The novelist Bakin, who cannot be charged with priestcraft, says: "Shinto reverences the way of the Sun; the Chinese philosophers honour Heaven; the teaching of Shaka fails not to make the Sun a deity. Among differences of doctrine the fundamental principle is the same."

334

In the old Shinto, Ne no kuni, or Hades, is not a place of punishment for the wicked. Here it stands for the Jigoku, or Hell, of the Buddhists.

335

That is, Nature-a Chinese idea.

336

This is Chinese.

337

A Buddhist designation.

338

And therefore unclean.

339

See above, p. 179.

340

As Sugahara himself was.

341

See above, p. 155.

342

See above, p. 177.

343

Alluding to the inner and outer shrines of Ise.

344

For a full account of the Revival of Pure Shinto, see Sir E. Satow's papers contributed to the T. A. S. J. in 1875. Our knowledge of Shinto dates from this time.

345

An interesting account of this sect is given in a paper by Dr. Greene in the T. A. S. J., December, 1895.

346

See papers by Dr. Greene and Rev. A. Lloyd in the T. A. S. J., 1901.