Japan and the Japanese illustrated . COLLECTORS FOB THE KAMI TEMILES. The political system of the Taikouns did ncrt disdain clerical support for theirbudding dynasty. But as Iy(jyas and his successors had nothing to hope from thegood will of the IMikados, they conciliated the favour of the most influential sectsof Buddhism by endowing bonze-liouses and temples, which surpass the most sumptuoussacred edifices of Kioto. The munificence of the Taikouns with regard to Buddhismhas, however, added nothing to the reverence professed at Yeddo for the ministers of BUDLUIST PRIESTS IN YEDDO. 1!)) that i
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . COLLECTORS FOB THE KAMI TEMILES. The political system of the Taikouns did ncrt disdain clerical support for theirbudding dynasty. But as Iy(jyas and his successors had nothing to hope from thegood will of the IMikados, they conciliated the favour of the most influential sectsof Buddhism by endowing bonze-liouses and temples, which surpass the most sumptuoussacred edifices of Kioto. The munificence of the Taikouns with regard to Buddhismhas, however, added nothing to the reverence professed at Yeddo for the ministers of BUDLUIST PRIESTS IN YEDDO. 1!)) that itligioii. It ajijicais to mc tliat, in all the diverse classes of society in the capital,the position of the bonzes is analogous to that of the Popes of the Greek Church. A liU^ZkKV UAMlluu OUUth. when tlir laltei- come into contact with the nobles, the traders, or the Moujiks. Thepriests of the Kami worship arc in a biill less enviable condition, because their existence c c 2 1116 LIFE IX JAP AX. iri hardly noticed. It is true that tlie representatives of the ]\Iikado at the Courtof the Tuikoun, and some provincial nijbknien, honour them by their patronage, but thegenerality of the feudal nobility in residenec at Yeddo stand entirely aloof from -whatis being done around them, in matters of religion as well as in everything would prefer to pay a ehaplain in the house rather than contribute to thesupport of any public worship whatever. The only thing they will do for theancient national religion is to authorize the Kami priests to send tbeir collectorsonce a year to the aristocratic quarters. The priests, on their side, considering that it^\()ukl be advisable to stimulate the charity of the higher classes by the attraction ofsome pious j
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