five-family

Updated: June 16, 2025

Otherwise the regimentation of society resembled that of all antique civilizations of the militant type, all action being both positively and negatively regulated. The household ruled the person; the five-family group; the household; the community, the group; the lord of the soil, the community; the Shogun, the lord.

Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation