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| v | “In order to understand
Japanese religion, |
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| we must
comprehend it within its own |
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| context, in its
own historical setting, and |
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| though its own
activities. The materials in |
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| this book are
selected and organized to aid |
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| this
understanding and at the same time to |
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| cover aspects
of Japanese religion as |
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| possible: the
content of the various |
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| traditions the
basic characteristics of the |
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| religious
heritage as a whole, the changes |
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| and ambiguities
through the passage of |
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| time”(Earhart,
3) |
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