# Shinto: The ancient religion of Japan

Author: Aston, W. G. (William George), 1841-1911

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55973

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## Summary

=Origins.=—The Japanese are in the main a continental race. Their language and physical characteristics show conclusively that they come from Northern Asia, and geographical considerations indicate that Korea must have been their point of embarkation. Indeed a desultory emigration from Korea to Japan continued into historical times. When we say Northern Asia we exclude China. The racial affinity of the Japanese to the Chinese, of which we hear so often, really amounts to very little. It is not closer than that which unites the most distantly related members of the Indo-European family of nations. The Japanese themselves have no traditions of their origin, and it is now impossible to say w...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-ancient-religion-of-japan-55973/chapters/8/index.md)