. The pine-tree = Matsu : a drama, adapted from the Japanese, with an introductory causerie on the Japanese theatre. CAUSERIE ON THE JAPANESE THEATRE. I. SOME GLIMPSES OF OLDJAPANESE LITERATURE. ST^HE literature of a nation ism2 ^ at once the result and themirror of its nationalcharacter. There is perhaps moretruth in this than in Buffons Lestyle^ cest Ihomme. The Far-Eastern insular empire has formany a century enjoyed a civilisa-tion which, with respect to thematerial as well as the ideal side,has reached a very high most delicate flower of Japanesecivilisation is an extraordina
. The pine-tree = Matsu : a drama, adapted from the Japanese, with an introductory causerie on the Japanese theatre. CAUSERIE ON THE JAPANESE THEATRE. I. SOME GLIMPSES OF OLDJAPANESE LITERATURE. ST^HE literature of a nation ism2 ^ at once the result and themirror of its nationalcharacter. There is perhaps moretruth in this than in Buffons Lestyle^ cest Ihomme. The Far-Eastern insular empire has formany a century enjoyed a civilisa-tion which, with respect to thematerial as well as the ideal side,has reached a very high most delicate flower of Japanesecivilisation is an extraordinar}, loftysense of honour, which amongother things gives us the explana-tion of that curious custom of — 11 — SOME GLIMPSES OF suicide called Harakiri. But onthe other hand there exists a vastamount of low, Oriental sensuality,a continual incitement to lust andcruelty. All these qualities, goodand bad, will be found in theJapanese literature. Again, trulyartistic as they are, they seem neverto have sought to overstep thelimits of pure decorative art, andjust as in their paintings they havealways been content to treat thehuman figure in a pur
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