In Search of the Way - Bowring, Richard (Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies, Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies, University of Cambridge)

A history of intellectual and religious developments in Japan during the Tokugawa period (1582-1860), this volume deals with social, cultural, and religious interplay, primarily focusing on the Neo-Confucian search for the Way, a pattern of existence that could provide order for society at large, as well as self-fulfilment for the individual.