Excerpt from The Japanese Bride<br><br>The Japanese Bride, Is not there a noble virtue in woman's obedience, in such a solem nity at the wedding ceremony, and in such warm devotion of young men towards their old parents? Yes, indeed!<br><br>But Japanese virtue is very pharisaical - in form, not in heart. Nine out of ten ladies in Japan obey their husbands not joyfully, but un willingly, just like the people of an absolute monarchy. Our wedding solemnity does not indicate the purity of our hearts, or the sacred ness of the marriage institution. I have frankly painted our home life which foreigners never penetrate, and which most Japanese hesitate to reveal, feeling it to be a shame to open the dark side of our home life in public, and espe cially before the gaze of foreigners. I have tried to write with sincerity, in the spirit of loving truth, without any fear.<br><br>My Sincere thanks are due to Mr. C. H. Phillips, my classmate in Auburn Theological Seminary and my intimate friend, who helped me in a great measure to publish this book in this shape before the American public. If any one who reads this book is able to catch a glimpse of our home life, and is thus led to compare the homes under Buddhist influence with the homes under the influence of Chris tianity,i shall be greatly rewarded.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.