1. KATAYAMA, S. 1974.Shiryô Kyôiku Chokugo, (Documents on the Imperial Rescript on Education.) 8KôryÛsha.
2. Ibid.4
3. MINAMIKI, G. 1985.The Chinese Rites Controversy, 197Chicago: Loyola University Press. It is abundantly clear that in the regions of the Orient some ceremonies, although they may have been involved with pagan rites in ancient times, have ‐ with the changes in customs and thinking over the centuries ‐ retained merely the civil significance of piety towards the ancestors or love of the fatherland or of courtesy towards one's neighbours.
4. PASSSIN, H. 1965.Society and Education in Japan, 302Teachers College, Columbia University.