Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index.
Official and political life -- Life among the farmers and planters -- Commercial life and developments -- Life among the mechanics -- Religious life and institutions -- Life in the factories -- Educational life and institutions -- Literary, artistic, and scientific life -- Life among the miners -- Life in the army and navy -- Life in the leading cities -- Frontier life and developments -- Judicial life -- Appendix 1, religious freedom in Japan -- Appendix 2, the religious charter of the empire of Dai Nippon