unless he
thinks he
is and
that it is
only ‘what
comes out
of a man’
that
defiles
him, not
what is
said or
done
against
him.
Japanese
tradition
keeps
constantly
before the
public
this ideal
of a
‘morning
bath’ of
vendetta.
Countless
incidents
and hero
tales, of
which the
most
popular is
the
historical
Tale of
the
Forty-Seven
Ronin, are
known to
everybody.
They are
read in
their
school
books and
played in
the
theater,
made up
