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Chrysanthemumand theSword\n\n# THE\n\nChrysanthemumand theSword  \nPatterns of fapanese Culture  \nbyRUTHBENEDICT  \n# A MERIDIAN BOOK\n\nPublished by The World Publishing Company2231 West 110th Street,Cleveland,Ohio 44102  \nPublished simultaneously in Canada by  \nNelson,Foster &Scott Ltd.  \nFirst Meridian printing,1967  \nThird printing,August,1969  \nReprinted by arrangement with  \nHoughton Mifflin &Company  \nCopyright 1946 by Ruth Benedict.All rightsreserved.No part of this book may be repro-duced in any form without written permissionfrom the publisher,except for brief passagesincluded in a review appearing in a newspaper  \nor magazine.3WP869  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number:67-26538Printed in the United States of America  \n# Acknowledgements\n\nJAPANESE MEN AND WOMEN who had been born or educatedin Japan and who were living in the United States duringthe war years were placed in a most difficult position.Theywere distrusted by many Americans.I take special pleasure,therefore,in testifying to their help and kindness during thetime when I was gathering the material for this book.Mythanks are due them in very special measure.I am espe-cially grateful to my wartime colleague,Robert Hashima.Born in this country,brought up in Japan,he chose to re-turn to the United States in 1941.He was interned in a WarRelocation Camp,and I met him when he came to Wash-ington to work in the war agencies of the United States.  \nMy thanks are also due to the Office of War Information,which gave me the assignment on which I report in thisbook,and especially to Professor George E.Taylor,DeputyDirector for the Far East,and to Commander Alexander  \nH.Leighton,MC-USNR,who headed the Foreign MoraleAnalysis Division.  \nI wish to thank also those who have read this book inwhole or in part:Commander Leighton,Professor ClydeKluckhohn and Dr.Nathan Leites,all of whom were in theOffice of War Information during the time I was workingon Japan and who assisted in many ways;Professor Con-rad Arensberg,Dr.Margaret Mead,Gregory Bateson and  \nE.H.Norman.Iam grateful to all of them for suggestionsand help.RUTH BENEDICT  \nTHE AUTHOR wishes to thank the publishers who have givenher permission to quote from their publications:D.Apple-ton-Century Company,Inc.,for permission to quote fromBehind the Face of Japan,by Upton Close;Edward Arnoldand Company for permission to quote from Japanese Bud-dhism,by Sir Charles Eliot;The John Day Company,Inc.,for permission to quote from My Narrow Isle,by SumieMishima;J.M.Dent and Sons,Ltd.,for permission toquote from Life and Thought of Japan,by YoshisaburaOkakura;Doubleday and Company for permission toquote from A Daughter of the Samurai,by Etsu InagakiSugimoto;Penguin Books,Inc.,and the Infantry Journalfor permission to quote from an article by Colonel HaroldDoud in How the Jap Army Fights;Jarrolds Publishers(London),Ltd.,for permission to quote from True Face ofJapan,by K.Nohara;The Macmillan Company for per-mission to quote from Buddhist Sects of Japan,by E.OberlinSteinilber,and from Japan:An Attempt at Interpretation,by Lafcadio Hearn;Rinehart and Company,Inc.,for per-mission to quote from Japanese Nation,by John F.Em-bree;and The University of Chicago Press for permissionto quote from Suye Mura,by John F.Embree.","cbCaiuO5e6Lds1w7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuO5e6Lds1w7","pdf",14983193,340,"English","# Acknowledgements","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of Patterns of Japanese Culture?\",\"answer\":\"The author is Ruth Benedict.\"},{\"question\":\"What kind of support does the book acknowledge?\",\"answer\":\"It acknowledges help and kindness from Japanese men and women in the United States during the war, along with support from wartime government and information offices and scholars who assisted with suggestions and help.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the acknowledgements section describe the author’s research process?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that the author gathered material for the book 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