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Here are references for Japanese thought in the Tokugawa Preriod.   
 
Maruyama, Masao (1974). Studies in the Intellectual History of 
Tokugawa Japan. Translated by Mikiso Hane, University of Tokyo Press. 
Translated from the Japanese original NIHON SEIJI SHISOSHI KENKYU 
(University of Tokyo Press, 1952) 
CONTENTS (scanned and corrected) 
     Translator's Preface vii 
     Introduction xv 
Part I The Sorai School: Its Role in the Disintegration of Tokugawa 
          Confucianism and Its Impact on National Learning 
     I Introduction: The Formation of Tokugawa Confucianism  
    II The Chu Hsi Mode of Thought and Its Dissolution   
   III The Unique Characteristics of the Sarai School 
    IV The Sorai School's Relationship to National Learning, 
        Especially to the Norinaga School    
     V Conclusion  
Part II Nature and Invention in Tokugawa Political Thought: 
           Contrasting Institutional Views 
     I The Problem  
    II Chu Hsi Philosophy and the Idea of Natural Order  
   III The Sorai School Revolution  
    IV The Historical Significance of the Transition from Nature to 
        Invention 
     V The Logic of Invention as Developed by Shoeki and Norinaga  
    Vl Further Developments and Stagnation in the Bakumatsu Period 
Part III The Premodern Formation of Nationalism 
     I Introduction: The Nation and Nationalism 
    II National Consciousness under Tokugawa Feudalism  
   III Varieties of Premodern Nationalism   
        Bibliography  
        Index  
 
 
Najita, Tetsuo (1987) Visions of Virtue in Tokugawa Japan. University 
of Chicago Press. 
CONTENTS 
   Acknowledgments  
1. Prologue 
2. The Philosophical Environment  
3. In Search of Virtue: Founding the Kaitokudo 
4. Between Eccentricity and Order: 
   History or Nature as First Principle 
5. Visions from the Academy 
6. Place of Dreams: Merchant Epistemology in 
   Late Eighteenth-century Osaka 
7. Epilogue    
   Notes 311 
   Index 329 
 
 
Najita, Tetsuo and Irwin Scheiner eds. (1978). Japanese Thought in 
the Tokugawa Period, 1600-1868: methods and metaphors. University of 
Chicago Press. 
 
Najita, Tetsuo ed. (1993). Readings in Tokugawa Thought.  University 
of Chicago Press. 
 
Nitobe, Inazo [1905] (1969). Bushido: The Soul of Japan; An 
exposition of Japanese thought With an introduction by William Elliot 
Griffis. Rutland, Vt., C. E. Tuttle Co.  
 
Tamaru, Noriyoshi and David Reid (1996) Religion in Japanese Culture: 
Where Living Traditions Meet a Changing World. Tokyo, New York and 
London: Kodansha International. 
    This is a good introduction to Japanese religions. 
CONTENTS of Part I  SURVEY 
1. Introduction   Shigeru Matsumoto 
2. Shinto         Kenji Ueda 
3. Buddhism       Noriyoshi Tamaru 
4. Christianity   Norihisa Suzuki 
5. Folk Religion  Hitoshi Miyake 
6. New Religions  Ken Arai 
Part II  The Religious Situation Today 
 
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Aiko Ikeo 
Kokugakuin University, 4-10-28 Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150 
 
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