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Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

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Literary CriticismJapanJapanese History

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ISBN13: 9798683180713
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 18 2020
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Book Excerpt: ...ll scarcely fail to be impressed by the apparent kindliness and joyousness of the existence about him. In the relations of the people to each other, as well as in all their relations to himself, he will find a constant amenity, a tact, a good-nature such as he will elsewhere have met with only in the friendship of exclusive circles. Everybody greets everybody with happy looks and pleasant words; faces are always smiling; the commonest incidents of everyday life are transfigured by a courtesy at once so artless and so faultless that it appears to spring directly from the heart, without any teaching. Under all circumstances a certain outward cheerfulness never falls: no matter what troubles may come, --storm or fire, flood or earthquake, --the laughter of greeting voices, the bright smile and graceful bow, the kindly inquiry and the wish to please, continue to make existence beautiful. Religion brings no gloom into this sunshine: before the Buddhas and the gods folk smile as they pray; the temple-courts are playg.

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