The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese CultureEssential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan. |
Contents
Assignment Japan | 1 |
The Japanese in the War | 20 |
Taking Ones Proper Station | 43 |
The Meiji Reform | 76 |
Debtor to the Ages and the World | 98 |
Repaying OneTenThousandth | 114 |
The Repayment Hardest to Bear | 133 |
Clearing Ones Name | 145 |
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