Read Japan's New Middle Class: The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb Online
Authors: Ezra F. Vogel
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Abegglan, James G., 40 n.
Abortion, 222
Academic standing, 55
Acquaintances, 119 -124;
and introductions, 119 -120;
and formalities, 120 -124;
and honorific language, 120 , 122 ;
and ceremonies, 124
Adolescence, 236 , 273 -274, 280
Adopted child, 169 , 179 , 240
Aesthethic values, 158 -160
Affluence, 275 -277
Aggression, 121 , 138 , 247
akarui seikatsu
(bright new life), 71 -85
Alienation, 99 , 261 -262
America:
Japanese attitude toward, 94 , 271 , 278
Anomie, 263
Antifeudalism, 154
Apprentices, 161
Ariga, Kizaemon, 165 n.
arubatio
(part-time work), 53
Asayama, Shinichi, 107 n.
Asceticism, 64
Authoritarianism.
See
Totalitarianism
Authority, 194 -207, 242 , 243 ;
of male, 194 -197;
decentralized, 195 -197;
shared, 197 ;
of husband, 198 -200;
of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, 203 -207
Automobiles, 275 , 276 , 277
Avoidance, 139
Baby sitters, 233
Baker, Wendell Dean, 9 n., 261 n.
Bar girls, 222 -223
batsu
(clique), 105
Bathing:
of child, 231 -232
Beardsley, Richard K., 38 n., 180 n., 224 n., 232 n.
Bell, Norman W., 281 n.
Bellah, Robert N., 146 n.
Benedict, Ruth, 124 n., 125 n., 244 n.
Benefactors, 124 -135;
obligations to, 124 -126, 130 ;
in working relations, 126 -128;
and maids, 128 -129;
and relatives, 129 -133;
and go-betweens, 132 ;
and rural friends and relatives, 133 -135
Birth order, 238 -241
Blood, Robert O., 176 n., 183 n., 219 n.
Bonuses, 77 -78
Bourgeoisie.
See
Businessmen, successful
Boy's Festival, 144
Branch family, 168 -171, 172 , 174 , 181
Breast-feeding, 231
Budgeting, household, 76 -77
bunke
(branch family), 168
burujoa (bourgeoisie), 19.
See also
Businessmen, successful
Businessmen, successful, 19 -26;
position in Mamachi society, 20 ;
and participation in community affairs, 20 -21;
and employees, 22 ;
and wives, 22 , 24 ;
relatives of, in business, 22 -23;
and home affairs, 23 -24;
and inheritance, 25 -26
Calling cards, 119 -120
Caudill, William, 146 n., 149 n., 151 n., 230 n., 234 n.
Ceremonies, 134 , 143 , 159 , 192 , 208
Child-rearing, 225 , 227 -252;
lack of formal tradition of, 227 ;
modern views of, 228 -229;
and dependency of mother and child, 229 -238;
and second child, 231 ;
and development of independence, 235 -237;
birth order in, 238 -239;
and sex of child, 240 ;
role of father in, 241 -243;
co-operative techniques in, 243 -247, 251 -252;
and aggression, 247 ;
toilet-training in, 247 ;
memorization in, 248 ;
and flattery, 249 ;
and conflicts, 249 -251;
and study, 251 -252
China:
Japanese attitude toward, 94 -95
Civil Code, 172
Cole, Allan B., 90 n., 95 n., 100 n.
Company gang, 103 -109, 152 , 280
Competence, 146 , 156 -158, 161
Competition, 66 , 67 , 106
Compulsory education, 45
Confucianism, 142
Consumer goods, 71 , 72
Consensus, 143 -144, 147 -149, 157 , 158 , 196 ;
informal, 150
Contraceptives, 222
Co-operation, 244 -245
Crime rate, 256
Criticism:
effect of, 127
Dating, 117 , 218 -219, 280
Daughter-in-law, 174 , 203 -207
Democracy, 100 , 142 , 144 , 147
Dentists, 26 -30
Department stores, 83 , 85
de Tocqueville, Alexis, 116
Deviance paradigm (Parsons), 154 n.
Deviants, 145 , 148
De Vos, George, 45 n., 177 n., 218 n., 252 n., 256 n.
Disapproval, 139
Division of labor, 181 -193
Divorce, 177 -178
Divorce rate, 256
Doctors, 26 -30
Doi, Takeo, 155 n., 230 n., 232 n.
Dore, Ronald, 108 n., 144 n.
"Double structure" of Japanese economy, 6 -8
Dowry, 74 -75, 166
dozoku
(locality kin group), 165 n.
Durkheim, Emile, 106 n.
Educational expenses, 74
Ekken, Kaibara, 227
Embree, John, 174 n.
Emotional disturbance, 271 , 285
Employer-employee relationships, 22
Entrance examinations, 40 -67, 251 , 258 ;
importance of, 41 , 273 ;
in girls' schools, 44 ;
for kindergarten, 46 ;
content of, 46 -47;
application for, 48 ;
interviews for, 48 ;
study for, 49 ;
mother's part in, 49 , 50 , 54 -57, 65 ;
results of, 50 -52;
publicity on, 52 ;
tutoring for, 53 ;
teacher's part in, 57 -60;
alternatives to, 60 -64;
shortcomings of, 64 -65;
as a measure of achievement, 66 -67
escareetaa
(escalator) schools, 45 -46
Etiquette, 120
Examinations.
See
Entrance examinations
Existentialism, 144
Expense accounts, 21
Extramarital affairs, 222
Family:
and salary, 15 , 276 -277;
and public welfare, 15 -16;
solidarity of, 208 -226, 279 -281;
affection in, 211 ;
coalitions in, 211 -216;
and travel, 277
Father:
salary of, 16 ;
death of, and family, 16 -17;
position of, in family, 211 -216;
role of, in child-rearing, 241 -243
Favors, 79 , 84 , 130 -131, 151
Feudalism, 256
Field-work procedures, 285 -298;
first contacts, 286 ;
techniques used in, 286 -294;
with disturbed children, 293 ;
and interviews, 293 ;
and questionnaires, 293 -294;
and salary men, 294 -295;
and community relationships, 295 -296;
and study of child-rearing, 297
Flattery, 59 , 126 , 249
Flower arrangement, 192
Folk beliefs, 288
Foodstuffs, 78 -79
Foreign affairs:
attitudes on, 93
Foreign language study, 47 , 57
Formalities, 123 , 137 , 143 , 158
Freud, Sigmund, 105
Friends, 136 -138;
and formalities, 136 ;
and obligations, of husband, 136 ;
of wife, 136 ;
of women, 137 ;
status of, 137 -138
Fringe benefits, 35
Fukutake, Tadashi, 4 n., 15 n., 148 n., 252 n., 255 n.
Games, 246
Geisha, 81
Ghosts, 249
Gifts, 61 , 79 , 131 , 151 , 210
Glick, Paul C., 17 n.
Go-betweens, 80 , 132 , k40 n., 175 , 259
Gombeis (Joneses), 56
Goode, William J., 241 n.
Goodman, Mary Ellen, 9 n., 91 -92 n., 141 n., 234 n., 248 n.
Government:
as viewed by family of salary man, 86 -101;
image of, 86 -87;
and Imperial family, 88 -90;
and political leaders, 90 -91, 279 ;
and militarism, 92 -93;
and foreign affairs. 93 -95;
role of citizen in, 95 -98;
alienation to, 99 -101
Grandfather. 130 , 226
Grandmother, 185 , 225 -226
Grandparents, 224 -226, 279
Group concensus.
See
Consensus
Group pressures, 118 , 138 -141
Handel, Gerald, 294 n.
Heian period, 88
Heirlooms, 26
hesokuri-gane
(secret savings), 197
Hess, Robert, 294 n.
Hibbet, Howard, 265 n.
Hierarchical positions, 150
Hirohito, Emperor, 88 -89, 90