Japan and the Japanese illustrated . was open to everybody, given upfreely to the use of the worshippers, and the worship was devoid of all ceremonial. This state of things is no longer maintained in its integrity. Younger sons of goodfamilies were proposed for the guardianship, and then for the service of the holyplace. Kami worship, in its turn, had its processions, its litanies, its offerings, andeven its miraculous images, Its priests so far preserved the tradition of its origin, thatthey never formed a clerical caste, properly so called. They wore a surplice whilecelebrating the offices,
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . was open to everybody, given upfreely to the use of the worshippers, and the worship was devoid of all ceremonial. This state of things is no longer maintained in its integrity. Younger sons of goodfamilies were proposed for the guardianship, and then for the service of the holyplace. Kami worship, in its turn, had its processions, its litanies, its offerings, andeven its miraculous images, Its priests so far preserved the tradition of its origin, thatthey never formed a clerical caste, properly so called. They wore a surplice whilecelebrating the offices, but on leaving the sacred precincts they resumed their costumesand arms, as gentlemen. But there was speedily formed below them a real monasticconfraternity, thf-t of the Kanousis, which devoted itself especially to the exploitationof pilgrims, Two causes led to the decline of Kami worship from its primitive purity : thefoundatiou of the power of the Mikados, and afterwards the invasion of Japanesesociety by the religion of THE KUUX.
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