leadership among the sects.--Unreality of Amida Buddha.--Nichiren.--His
life and opinions.--Idols and avatars.--The favorite scripture of the
sect, the Saddharma Pundarika.--Its central dogma, everything in the
universe capable of Buddha-ship.--The Salvation Army of
Buddhism.--K[=o]b[=o]'s leaven working.--Buddhism ceases to be an
intellectual force.--The New Buddhism.--Are the Japanese eager for
reform?


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The many-sided story of Japanese Christianity.--One hundred years of
intercourse between Japan and Europe.--State of Japan at the
introduction of Portuguese Christianity.--Xavier and Anjiro.--Xavier at
Ki[=o]to and in Bungo.--Nobunaga and the Buddhists.--High-water mark of
Christianity.--Hideyoshi and the invasion of Korea.--Kato and
Konishi.--Persecutions.--Arrival of the Spanish friars.--Their violation
of good faith.--Spirit of the Jesuits and Franciscans.--Crucifixion on
the bamboo cross.--Hidéyori.--Kato Kiyomasa.--The Dutch in the Eastern
seas.--Will Adams.--Iyéyas[)u] suspects designs against the sovereignty
of Japan.--The Christian religion outlawed.--Hidétada follows up the
policy of Iyéyas[)u], excludes aliens, and shuts up the country.--The
uprising of the Christians at Shimabara in 1637.--Christianity buried
from sight.--Character of the missionaries and the form of the faith
introduced by them.--Noble lives and ideals.--The spirit of the
Inquisition in Japan.--Political animus and complexion.