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Retired British Diplomat Returns To A Japan He No Longer Knows
By Mas Manbo
TOKYO. —. Japan had an unusual visitor recently, 84-yearold Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, a retired British Diplomat — here
for the first time in more than
50 years.
The old Japan hand had first
come to this country 61 years ago, in 1913, and had stayed until
1921. In consular service, he had
been second
secretary at - the
British, Embassy ■ inTokyo.
In 1921, as the. British Who’s am the Japanese language and Briton’s. recent visit, carried by
Who • shows,
Ashton-Gwatkin' study the ways in which- the Ja at least two English-language
was attached to the suite of the panese lived- and thought, accor papers in Japan, was quite inte
Grown Prince 7 of Japan, the ding -to an interview in The Ja resting. But what made this wri
ter sit up and take notice was
present .Emperor Hirohito; dur pan Times.
Ashton-Gwatkin, of course, his confession in The Japan Ti
ing his .visit’to Europe.
In 1921 and 1922, after World found- things changed in his sec mes interview that he was the
War I, he was: attached to the: ond; visit- to Japan, made throu author of several novels, inclu
United Kingdom delegation to gh: the courtesy of Japan Air ding “Kimono,” written under
the disarmament conference in Lines;; although he said the Im- the pen name of John Paris.
“I made my name, fame and
periat Palace, the Great Statue
Washington.
'
-•
J
Educated at Eton and Oxford, of Buddha at Kamakura and Mt. notoriety with “Kimono”. “Kim
ono” was a best seller in England
his duty when he first came to Fuji remained the same.
News; of this . distinguished and went like a wow in AmeriJapan at the age of24 was • to le-
ca,” he was quoted as saying.
Well, I can testify that he
wasn’t exaggerating a bit. By •
coincidence, when the interview
came out in The Japan Times, I
was halfway through that very
book, ‘Kimono’, by John Paris.
It was a 1922 copy, in
quite
good condition, that I had picked
up at a second-hand bookstore
at Roppongi several years ago
for about 90 yen and had neglecCont. on Page 2
Sihliiilir^iiliHilllllimiHHIIIIHIHIilWttMHHHHHHIMHHlMWn^
The Um Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
mLSiHiiiiiiLiiimimiiK—^^
Origins Of Japanese
Examined
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1974
Blitz On OP T. By
Waseda Kendo-ka
Wed. August 7.
Toronto, Ont.
...................................
N ice To Be Recog n ized
J.C. Anglican Minister Praised
By Prime Minister Trudeau
TORONTO. — A nervous ex
JAPANESE
CULTURE: a thropologists sceptical as/ to the citement is sweeping the Kendo
LETHBRIDGE — A letter - of commendation
study of Origins and Character-? value of such categories. Ishida;
club
at
'the
Japanese
Canadian
does
;
-not
refer
to
contemporary
istics, by ’ .Eiichiro Ishida, Tran
from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has been re
slated by Teruko Kachi. Univer theories according to which a ra .Cultural Centre and the Toka ceived by the Anglican minister at Coaldale.
sity of Tokyo. Press, 1974. 156 ce may be considered as a rep-, Budokan Association as the day
Canon G.G. Nakayama, 74, recently returned
reductive community of indivi fast approaches when tlie Kenpp ix. Price Y2,000.duals sharing a common gene
jdb team from Waseda Univer- from a preaching mission in Eastern Canada.
pool,
but
drops
the
question
of
JOHN B. HANSON-LOWE
T never expected to receive this kind of letter/
race and directs?' attention at the. isity of Tokyo; Japan creeps clohe said in surprise; T don't need any recognition.
This book is a translation of a term~'“people,” which he wishes . ser and closer..
; series of public lectures, publi to define.
The 33
U; team God knows of my service. But it is nice to/be reco
shed in • book form' in 1968. un
Thus, perhaps ethnic solidari
gnized.'
der the. title
“Nihon Bunka ty. can be achieved through reli : is expected to' - arrive - here on
The prime/minister’s
letter
their “mission of goodwill” on
Ron,” given by the author . at gion? But major ones tend to'
praised Mr. -Nakayama for his
Seijo University, Tokyo in ho develop as “world” faiths, and Wednesday, August 7th.
work among Japanese and oc
Leading the; delegation from “Anmari Nihongo cidental Canadians and it expres
nor of the late Kunio Yanagita, such a criterion is unsatisfaeto'
u x i
o n
! Japan will be Waseda Univei’sifounder father / of Japanese folk ry.
sed the wish that he “continue
How about language? Here; | ^P"* 2
<; v
niv Hanashi Masen"
1
x
™
‘
tvprofessor,..
Mr.
K.
Ando,
7th
lore studies.. Ishida. ..himself (19- the maintains,
to reflect the. hope, love and
we seem to have / F TT ,
TInstructor
i
is
Mr.
03-1968) was a distinguished: ah extremely basic, perhaps even dan. Head
,
..
TOKYO; — Officials of three courage of the One whom you
scholar in -ethnology and cultu determining, factor. “The exist- Watanabe, 8th dan The team itserve.” •
/
ral anthropology, though not in ence of a single language within'«>f B e«Pr>^.X • t--» Japanese airlines were surprised • Mr. Nakayama arrived in Co
archeology, who. conducted, field' a sphere where . a common lan dan;. 6 — 4th dan; and 26 — 3rd that newly recruited stewardes aldale in 1945. His assignment
ses, although they spoke good
research in' continental 'Asia and? guage ' functions,- transcending dan.'
English,, were unable to handle was to find, members, suitable
South America as
well as in’ dialects;” defines- a people spa
property and move a church bu
Sponsored jointly by the To their own language.
Japan.
tially and is a1 satisfactory crite ka1 Budokan Association
(Pre- " Officials said the girls were ilding from Slocan, B.C.
In these lectures , Ishida’s a- rion for ; identifying the - Japan ; sident, Larry Nakamura,
5 th not familiar with formal and
Earlier, along with .23,000 fe
-im is to throw light .on Japanese! ese as a people.
dan and Head Instructor, Ma honorific Japanese — express llow Japanese-Can adians living
culture today by clarifying the
Tagawa,
5th
dan) ions that have been a distinct in the Vancouver area during the
The next problem is that of satoshi
questions of the' origins of the determining when the Japanese and
the < J.C.C.C.'
Kendo characteristic and hallmark of Second World War, Mr. Naka-Japanese ' and of their political became a people or recognizable Club (Co — Chief. Instructors; the Japanese language.
yama had been moved to the
-unity. As a general hypothesis racial group, a problem quite Morito Tsumura, 6th dan and
This' is-a .serious matter, an B.C. interior.
he envisages the- existence of a' distinct from - that of determi Koki - Ariga; 5th dan) the Wa airline official said, so the three 'The clergyman’s example of
* continuous cultural pattern not ning the origins of the Japan seda team will undergo a rigo
airlines have decided to make Christian love and brotherhood
Easily changed. He points ’out ese “nation”. In other words; rous four-day blitz of Toronto drastic changes in their training helped fester a -good influence
that an" individual’s basic perso when do we-first find evidence and surrounding areas. ■
program -r— to give the stewar among Japanese-Canadians . du
nality, formed during childhood, of a people distinctly recogniza
As a point of interest, Head* desses* more lessons in their na- ring war years. He established
persists into his old age, even ble as Japanese?
a church at Slocari, baptizing
Instructor; Tagawa was the for/ tive?; tongue.
though/characteristic.traits may
•men
captain
of
the
Waseda
U200 converts. His wife, the for
Using- language as-a defining
have' undergone/mbdificatioh du-' characteristic, certainly such a niversity Kendo . Team - which- ■public is welcome;'
mer Louis Masui Yao, helped
ring- his lifetime. His * lectures people existed in the Nara Peri-, ranks among the f inest in' all Sat.? Aug. 10 — Early morning establish early childhood train
'illustrate how far such a conc rod (710-794- A.D.)/ since docu Japan.
visit to world-renowned water ing centres.
ept can " be transferee!, as it' ments from those times have co
spectacular,
Niagara Falls. Af
Following the war, Mr. ? Na^
for
were, from an individual to a pe-' me down to us. If we go /back .- Thg whirlwind schedule
ternoon
.
demonstration
and
tour
kayama was appointed? to serve
the visitors will be as follows:.
ople. '
:< ' *
' '
of the Oakville (Reception Cen the 4,500 Japanese who chose
as far as the prehistoric Yayoi
institution Southern Alberta for a new ho
In the first place, who are the Age (c. 200 B.C.-300 A.D.), de Wed. Aug! 7 — Arival of the tre (a correctional
team
-in!
Toronto
via
Buffalo,
for the assessment and treat me.
Japanese ? What 'criteria distin- spite the lack of records,-; the.
;
; ,. N.Y.
to
be
followed
by
a
Wel
ment of adolescents).- . guishthem from, other peoples*? fact that: they erigaged in: -irri-As integration grew, occiden-,
- This is7 aTquestion apparently de-- gated rice cultivation' leads - one coming Reception - party at T o- Sun. Aug. 11 —? Kendo Tai Kai tals joined£ the Japanese congre
manding but simple common se-. to conclude that they were the ronto’s newest Japanese resta at the J.C.C.C., 123
Wynford gation. Mr. Nakayama preached
_ nse to answer, but it is never ancestors of one and the same urant, the Furusato Inn. ,
Dr., Don Mills at1 p.in.. Here in both Japanese.7and -English.
theless a difficult one. Ishida po- people. Yet Yayoi culture can- Thursf Aug. 8' — Morning visits, the Waseda Kendoists will meet A dual-language prayer
book
noV
be
equated
just
with
rice
- ?- ints out that races can be claswith the Mayor of Toronto, the Toronto’s! finest in an exciting was provided.
cultivation.
How'
about
their
lansified according- to such charac
Premier of Ontario and the Con tournament, which will include, / In addition to pastoral duties
teristics as skin color, facial fe- ’guage? Fortunately, there ex sul-General. This to be followed representatives from Michigan in Southern Alberta/Canon Na' atures; shape" of- skull, . and so ists a Chinese chronicle, - ; the by a-demonstration, tour of the State University as well7 as me kayama ’has made- several over
- forth; but although racial extre “Wajin-den,”' or .the People' of campus and reception at the U- mbers of the J.C.C.C. 'Kendo seas journeys for preaching pur
mes," e.g. .Negroes and. white Wa, in which it -seems reasonab niversity of Toronto.
Club ‘ and the Toka. Budokan. poses.
men/ are easily j. -classifiable in ly certain that the7Yayoi peop
Ed.’s Note: Canon Nakayama
Fri.Aug: 9.---- At 8 p.m. .the The public is heartily encoura
this manner, the . . presence of le are being: described; on a bas- team will meet in a practice ged to attend. Tins is to be fo is- the father of Japanese Cana
- intermediate - gradations . make is of travelers’ reports. - From sessionwith-membersof the To llowed by a “open rap” session dian poetess; Joy Kogawa, au
. the system one* of very limited this text Ishida conludes,altho- ka Budokan (Kendo) Associati- and .a farewell, party for the thor of A, Choice of Dreams,
value, -just' as the difficulty of
McClelland and Stewart Limited.
on at 131 Queen St. E.. The Waseda team.
Cont. Ori Page 3 . defining limits make - many*. an-
By Mas Manbo
TOKYO. —. Japan had an unusual visitor recently, 84-yearold Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, a retired British Diplomat — here
for the first time in more than
50 years.
The old Japan hand had first
come to this country 61 years ago, in 1913, and had stayed until
1921. In consular service, he had
been second
secretary at - the
British, Embassy ■ inTokyo.
In 1921, as the. British Who’s am the Japanese language and Briton’s. recent visit, carried by
Who • shows,
Ashton-Gwatkin' study the ways in which- the Ja at least two English-language
was attached to the suite of the panese lived- and thought, accor papers in Japan, was quite inte
Grown Prince 7 of Japan, the ding -to an interview in The Ja resting. But what made this wri
ter sit up and take notice was
present .Emperor Hirohito; dur pan Times.
Ashton-Gwatkin, of course, his confession in The Japan Ti
ing his .visit’to Europe.
In 1921 and 1922, after World found- things changed in his sec mes interview that he was the
War I, he was: attached to the: ond; visit- to Japan, made throu author of several novels, inclu
United Kingdom delegation to gh: the courtesy of Japan Air ding “Kimono,” written under
the disarmament conference in Lines;; although he said the Im- the pen name of John Paris.
“I made my name, fame and
periat Palace, the Great Statue
Washington.
'
-•
J
Educated at Eton and Oxford, of Buddha at Kamakura and Mt. notoriety with “Kimono”. “Kim
ono” was a best seller in England
his duty when he first came to Fuji remained the same.
News; of this . distinguished and went like a wow in AmeriJapan at the age of24 was • to le-
ca,” he was quoted as saying.
Well, I can testify that he
wasn’t exaggerating a bit. By •
coincidence, when the interview
came out in The Japan Times, I
was halfway through that very
book, ‘Kimono’, by John Paris.
It was a 1922 copy, in
quite
good condition, that I had picked
up at a second-hand bookstore
at Roppongi several years ago
for about 90 yen and had neglecCont. on Page 2
Sihliiilir^iiliHilllllimiHHIIIIHIHIilWttMHHHHHHIMHHlMWn^
The Um Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
mLSiHiiiiiiLiiimimiiK—^^
Origins Of Japanese
Examined
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1974
Blitz On OP T. By
Waseda Kendo-ka
Wed. August 7.
Toronto, Ont.
...................................
N ice To Be Recog n ized
J.C. Anglican Minister Praised
By Prime Minister Trudeau
TORONTO. — A nervous ex
JAPANESE
CULTURE: a thropologists sceptical as/ to the citement is sweeping the Kendo
LETHBRIDGE — A letter - of commendation
study of Origins and Character-? value of such categories. Ishida;
club
at
'the
Japanese
Canadian
does
;
-not
refer
to
contemporary
istics, by ’ .Eiichiro Ishida, Tran
from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has been re
slated by Teruko Kachi. Univer theories according to which a ra .Cultural Centre and the Toka ceived by the Anglican minister at Coaldale.
sity of Tokyo. Press, 1974. 156 ce may be considered as a rep-, Budokan Association as the day
Canon G.G. Nakayama, 74, recently returned
reductive community of indivi fast approaches when tlie Kenpp ix. Price Y2,000.duals sharing a common gene
jdb team from Waseda Univer- from a preaching mission in Eastern Canada.
pool,
but
drops
the
question
of
JOHN B. HANSON-LOWE
T never expected to receive this kind of letter/
race and directs?' attention at the. isity of Tokyo; Japan creeps clohe said in surprise; T don't need any recognition.
This book is a translation of a term~'“people,” which he wishes . ser and closer..
; series of public lectures, publi to define.
The 33
U; team God knows of my service. But it is nice to/be reco
shed in • book form' in 1968. un
Thus, perhaps ethnic solidari
gnized.'
der the. title
“Nihon Bunka ty. can be achieved through reli : is expected to' - arrive - here on
The prime/minister’s
letter
their “mission of goodwill” on
Ron,” given by the author . at gion? But major ones tend to'
praised Mr. -Nakayama for his
Seijo University, Tokyo in ho develop as “world” faiths, and Wednesday, August 7th.
work among Japanese and oc
Leading the; delegation from “Anmari Nihongo cidental Canadians and it expres
nor of the late Kunio Yanagita, such a criterion is unsatisfaeto'
u x i
o n
! Japan will be Waseda Univei’sifounder father / of Japanese folk ry.
sed the wish that he “continue
How about language? Here; | ^P"* 2
<; v
niv Hanashi Masen"
1
x
™
‘
tvprofessor,..
Mr.
K.
Ando,
7th
lore studies.. Ishida. ..himself (19- the maintains,
to reflect the. hope, love and
we seem to have / F TT ,
TInstructor
i
is
Mr.
03-1968) was a distinguished: ah extremely basic, perhaps even dan. Head
,
..
TOKYO; — Officials of three courage of the One whom you
scholar in -ethnology and cultu determining, factor. “The exist- Watanabe, 8th dan The team itserve.” •
/
ral anthropology, though not in ence of a single language within'«>f B e«Pr>^.X • t--» Japanese airlines were surprised • Mr. Nakayama arrived in Co
archeology, who. conducted, field' a sphere where . a common lan dan;. 6 — 4th dan; and 26 — 3rd that newly recruited stewardes aldale in 1945. His assignment
ses, although they spoke good
research in' continental 'Asia and? guage ' functions,- transcending dan.'
English,, were unable to handle was to find, members, suitable
South America as
well as in’ dialects;” defines- a people spa
property and move a church bu
Sponsored jointly by the To their own language.
Japan.
tially and is a1 satisfactory crite ka1 Budokan Association
(Pre- " Officials said the girls were ilding from Slocan, B.C.
In these lectures , Ishida’s a- rion for ; identifying the - Japan ; sident, Larry Nakamura,
5 th not familiar with formal and
Earlier, along with .23,000 fe
-im is to throw light .on Japanese! ese as a people.
dan and Head Instructor, Ma honorific Japanese — express llow Japanese-Can adians living
culture today by clarifying the
Tagawa,
5th
dan) ions that have been a distinct in the Vancouver area during the
The next problem is that of satoshi
questions of the' origins of the determining when the Japanese and
the < J.C.C.C.'
Kendo characteristic and hallmark of Second World War, Mr. Naka-Japanese ' and of their political became a people or recognizable Club (Co — Chief. Instructors; the Japanese language.
yama had been moved to the
-unity. As a general hypothesis racial group, a problem quite Morito Tsumura, 6th dan and
This' is-a .serious matter, an B.C. interior.
he envisages the- existence of a' distinct from - that of determi Koki - Ariga; 5th dan) the Wa airline official said, so the three 'The clergyman’s example of
* continuous cultural pattern not ning the origins of the Japan seda team will undergo a rigo
airlines have decided to make Christian love and brotherhood
Easily changed. He points ’out ese “nation”. In other words; rous four-day blitz of Toronto drastic changes in their training helped fester a -good influence
that an" individual’s basic perso when do we-first find evidence and surrounding areas. ■
program -r— to give the stewar among Japanese-Canadians . du
nality, formed during childhood, of a people distinctly recogniza
As a point of interest, Head* desses* more lessons in their na- ring war years. He established
persists into his old age, even ble as Japanese?
a church at Slocari, baptizing
Instructor; Tagawa was the for/ tive?; tongue.
though/characteristic.traits may
•men
captain
of
the
Waseda
U200 converts. His wife, the for
Using- language as-a defining
have' undergone/mbdificatioh du-' characteristic, certainly such a niversity Kendo . Team - which- ■public is welcome;'
mer Louis Masui Yao, helped
ring- his lifetime. His * lectures people existed in the Nara Peri-, ranks among the f inest in' all Sat.? Aug. 10 — Early morning establish early childhood train
'illustrate how far such a conc rod (710-794- A.D.)/ since docu Japan.
visit to world-renowned water ing centres.
ept can " be transferee!, as it' ments from those times have co
spectacular,
Niagara Falls. Af
Following the war, Mr. ? Na^
for
were, from an individual to a pe-' me down to us. If we go /back .- Thg whirlwind schedule
ternoon
.
demonstration
and
tour
kayama was appointed? to serve
the visitors will be as follows:.
ople. '
:< ' *
' '
of the Oakville (Reception Cen the 4,500 Japanese who chose
as far as the prehistoric Yayoi
institution Southern Alberta for a new ho
In the first place, who are the Age (c. 200 B.C.-300 A.D.), de Wed. Aug! 7 — Arival of the tre (a correctional
team
-in!
Toronto
via
Buffalo,
for the assessment and treat me.
Japanese ? What 'criteria distin- spite the lack of records,-; the.
;
; ,. N.Y.
to
be
followed
by
a
Wel
ment of adolescents).- . guishthem from, other peoples*? fact that: they erigaged in: -irri-As integration grew, occiden-,
- This is7 aTquestion apparently de-- gated rice cultivation' leads - one coming Reception - party at T o- Sun. Aug. 11 —? Kendo Tai Kai tals joined£ the Japanese congre
manding but simple common se-. to conclude that they were the ronto’s newest Japanese resta at the J.C.C.C., 123
Wynford gation. Mr. Nakayama preached
_ nse to answer, but it is never ancestors of one and the same urant, the Furusato Inn. ,
Dr., Don Mills at1 p.in.. Here in both Japanese.7and -English.
theless a difficult one. Ishida po- people. Yet Yayoi culture can- Thursf Aug. 8' — Morning visits, the Waseda Kendoists will meet A dual-language prayer
book
noV
be
equated
just
with
rice
- ?- ints out that races can be claswith the Mayor of Toronto, the Toronto’s! finest in an exciting was provided.
cultivation.
How'
about
their
lansified according- to such charac
Premier of Ontario and the Con tournament, which will include, / In addition to pastoral duties
teristics as skin color, facial fe- ’guage? Fortunately, there ex sul-General. This to be followed representatives from Michigan in Southern Alberta/Canon Na' atures; shape" of- skull, . and so ists a Chinese chronicle, - ; the by a-demonstration, tour of the State University as well7 as me kayama ’has made- several over
- forth; but although racial extre “Wajin-den,”' or .the People' of campus and reception at the U- mbers of the J.C.C.C. 'Kendo seas journeys for preaching pur
mes," e.g. .Negroes and. white Wa, in which it -seems reasonab niversity of Toronto.
Club ‘ and the Toka. Budokan. poses.
men/ are easily j. -classifiable in ly certain that the7Yayoi peop
Ed.’s Note: Canon Nakayama
Fri.Aug: 9.---- At 8 p.m. .the The public is heartily encoura
this manner, the . . presence of le are being: described; on a bas- team will meet in a practice ged to attend. Tins is to be fo is- the father of Japanese Cana
- intermediate - gradations . make is of travelers’ reports. - From sessionwith-membersof the To llowed by a “open rap” session dian poetess; Joy Kogawa, au
. the system one* of very limited this text Ishida conludes,altho- ka Budokan (Kendo) Associati- and .a farewell, party for the thor of A, Choice of Dreams,
value, -just' as the difficulty of
McClelland and Stewart Limited.
on at 131 Queen St. E.. The Waseda team.
Cont. Ori Page 3 . defining limits make - many*. an-
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TH E
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NE W
C A N AD IAN
(cont. from page 1.)
Diplomat. . .
Tuesday. August 6, 1974
The New Canadian
Asako, who was receiving 20,-. ways. He is forced to divorce ve them an elvish, and a goblin
A member of Ethnic Press • *
ted to read.
look,
as
though
this'
country
we
her,
Japanese
.style,
and
leaves
Association of Ontario
Jt was the 16th impression of 000 pounds a year and was reg
re
a
nursery
for
fairy
chang
for
home
and
duty
in
World
the book, first put out in cheap arded as an heiress, marries a
Second Glass mall
elings,
a
land
of
the
NibelungWar
I.
But
the
story;
ends
on
a
Britisher
of
good
family:
his
form in 1921, which certainly
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have
indicates that it had been well father was a lord. She says, “L happy note as Asako is to leave en, where bad thoughts
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on
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visit
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uthor
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prostitution, at Tokyo’s Yoshiw stocks of produce were punted, Gwatkin made some prophetic
a young man.
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and. jolting tramcars, wagons remarks in “Kimono,” such as
Before his death, Asako was ara and elsewhere in Japan.
The two part because of a and hand barrows and rickshas this regarding Yoshiwara:
entrusted in the care of
the
“ . .. . It is probably only a
manager of a big Japanese firm misunderstanding: the beautiful on the streets. And also the be
in Paris with instructions that Eurasian girl friend of Geoffre ggars with leprosy and kids wi question of time for the great
she should be educated in Euro y’s British Embassy pal is- found th slime under their noses and pleasure quarters to be closed
their down and for vice to be driven
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called ensed prostitution went out.
husband should be provided for by her scheming relatives, wears .ign, half-native houses,
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had
the
fictitous
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(Confd from page 1.)
Origins. . .
ugh admittedly on somewhat sc est Japanese histories (e.g. the “key” culture sphere to the west himself. Yet another example is
anty evidence based on verbal a- Kojiki, very early 8th Century from that symbolized by scre the great contrast in the man
ens and paper partitions to the e- ner in -which young children arc
. nalogies, that the Yayoi people A.D.); Chinese historical
recwith
ast. Moreover, it cuts off the trained. The books ends
. spoke Japanese “as we know it ords dating from 25 A.D .; the great Eurasian area' where the some thought-provoking
comtoday”.
sitore institution of1 eunuchs has been ments on European
idealism,
steadily increasing, rich
characteristic (pre-Islamic Per and on contrasts between Japan
There is considerable disagree of archeological finds.
ment regarding the
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which rice culture reached Ja uld indicate that’ there
was Mogul Empire . and, more perti lated fields.
pan, leading to the Yayoi Cul first a period of peace with the nently, China and Korea until
This is both an
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ture. After discussing them, Ishi existence of small, scattered ri even the early part of this pre and highly interesting book, not
da comes to the conclusion, mo ce-cultivating communities'. This sents century) from Japan, whe only for scholars in its field of
destly presented, that it was du would be followed by the linking re i t - is unknown.
.study but also for the cultured
ring* the latter part of that pe up of such' communities and. the
As7 for the distinctive traits of general public. The translation,
riod in the history of
China emergence, of religious and ce Japanese culture, Ishida, altho by Teruko Kachi, is in excellent
known as Warring States (late remonial leaders. Yet later ca ugh finding interest in catalo English. He has provided num
Chou times), from about 300 B.- me the formation of military co- guing such traits, does not con- erous detailed and most valuab
C. onward. On account of the munities and civil war, . in one sider such an approach satisfac- le notes. The text occupies but
constant fighting in that coun case leading, according to Chi tory. He wishes, rather, to con- slightly over two-thirds of a pa
•try* !^ves?^of^migrating people nese records, to the accession of sider that culture by
asking ge, and the notes are printed in
from' south of the Yangtze Ri the extraordinary, shaman-like such questions as: when oppo the wide -margins, making them
ver transmitted their rice-grow Queen Himiko in a state named sition between the civilizations very easy to read. The style is,
ing culture into southern (pre “Yamatai,” opinions as to the of the East and the West beco of course, that of the lecture
sent day) Korea, and thence ac exact locality of which
vary, me more intense, in the future hall where repetition is, from ti
ross the Tsushima Strait to Jo- And so, on to the Tomb Age of international environment, “in me to time, virtually obligatory:
mon Age Japan.
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panese traits or Japanese nati dundancy in the printed text,
Thus, during the Yayoi Peri tury A.D.
would
od an agricultural revolution toThis part of the book illust- onal character change, and sho- something Prof. Ishida
ok place in Japan, the popula- rateis very well the difficulties ' uld that change be welcomed or certainly have removed had he
make a
ition suddenly increased,
and inherent in any attempt to atta- resisted?” For example, he poin lived long enough to
Chinese chronicles recorded the in historical accuracy when evi- ts out that the Japanese are, on final revision.
that
It remains to be said
existence of a people presuma- dence is frequently conflicting, the whole, a highly endogamo
bly speaking Japanese. And so possibly unreliable and often la- us people and are “'still extre there are two chronological tab
the sources of the basic charac- cking. Of particular interest is mely negative with regard to les, one of Japanese, the other
teristics of Japanese culture in Ishida’s discussion of the “Equ the question of participating in of Chinese, history, and two bi
How bliographies. The end papers ha,-,
all probability are to be found estrian People” hypothesis, -whi international marriages.”
ch suggests that, during the 4th long can national character be ve photographs of a section of
in the Yayoi Age.
Yayoi pottery found at a site in
maintains and 5th centuries A.D., a branch preserved?
He nevertheless
Dai, Kamakura. Coming from a
that, "although the influence of of the northern horse-riding no , In his .final chapter
Ishida
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Origins. . .
ugh admittedly on somewhat sc est Japanese histories (e.g. the “key” culture sphere to the west himself. Yet another example is
anty evidence based on verbal a- Kojiki, very early 8th Century from that symbolized by scre the great contrast in the man
ens and paper partitions to the e- ner in -which young children arc
. nalogies, that the Yayoi people A.D.); Chinese historical
recwith
ast. Moreover, it cuts off the trained. The books ends
. spoke Japanese “as we know it ords dating from 25 A.D .; the great Eurasian area' where the some thought-provoking
comtoday”.
sitore institution of1 eunuchs has been ments on European
idealism,
steadily increasing, rich
characteristic (pre-Islamic Per and on contrasts between Japan
There is considerable disagree of archeological finds.
ment regarding the
route xby
A study of this, material wo sia, the Byzantine Empire, the and the West in ethics and re
which rice culture reached Ja uld indicate that’ there
was Mogul Empire . and, more perti lated fields.
pan, leading to the Yayoi Cul first a period of peace with the nently, China and Korea until
This is both an
important
ture. After discussing them, Ishi existence of small, scattered ri even the early part of this pre and highly interesting book, not
da comes to the conclusion, mo ce-cultivating communities'. This sents century) from Japan, whe only for scholars in its field of
destly presented, that it was du would be followed by the linking re i t - is unknown.
.study but also for the cultured
ring* the latter part of that pe up of such' communities and. the
As7 for the distinctive traits of general public. The translation,
riod in the history of
China emergence, of religious and ce Japanese culture, Ishida, altho by Teruko Kachi, is in excellent
known as Warring States (late remonial leaders. Yet later ca ugh finding interest in catalo English. He has provided num
Chou times), from about 300 B.- me the formation of military co- guing such traits, does not con- erous detailed and most valuab
C. onward. On account of the munities and civil war, . in one sider such an approach satisfac- le notes. The text occupies but
constant fighting in that coun case leading, according to Chi tory. He wishes, rather, to con- slightly over two-thirds of a pa
•try* !^ves?^of^migrating people nese records, to the accession of sider that culture by
asking ge, and the notes are printed in
from' south of the Yangtze Ri the extraordinary, shaman-like such questions as: when oppo the wide -margins, making them
ver transmitted their rice-grow Queen Himiko in a state named sition between the civilizations very easy to read. The style is,
ing culture into southern (pre “Yamatai,” opinions as to the of the East and the West beco of course, that of the lecture
sent day) Korea, and thence ac exact locality of which
vary, me more intense, in the future hall where repetition is, from ti
ross the Tsushima Strait to Jo- And so, on to the Tomb Age of international environment, “in me to time, virtually obligatory:
mon Age Japan.
the late third to the sixth cen- what ways will the so-called Ja there is therefore a certain re
panese traits or Japanese nati dundancy in the printed text,
Thus, during the Yayoi Peri tury A.D.
would
od an agricultural revolution toThis part of the book illust- onal character change, and sho- something Prof. Ishida
ok place in Japan, the popula- rateis very well the difficulties ' uld that change be welcomed or certainly have removed had he
make a
ition suddenly increased,
and inherent in any attempt to atta- resisted?” For example, he poin lived long enough to
Chinese chronicles recorded the in historical accuracy when evi- ts out that the Japanese are, on final revision.
that
It remains to be said
existence of a people presuma- dence is frequently conflicting, the whole, a highly endogamo
bly speaking Japanese. And so possibly unreliable and often la- us people and are “'still extre there are two chronological tab
the sources of the basic charac- cking. Of particular interest is mely negative with regard to les, one of Japanese, the other
teristics of Japanese culture in Ishida’s discussion of the “Equ the question of participating in of Chinese, history, and two bi
How bliographies. The end papers ha,-,
all probability are to be found estrian People” hypothesis, -whi international marriages.”
ch suggests that, during the 4th long can national character be ve photographs of a section of
in the Yayoi Age.
Yayoi pottery found at a site in
maintains and 5th centuries A.D., a branch preserved?
He nevertheless
Dai, Kamakura. Coming from a
that, "although the influence of of the northern horse-riding no , In his .final chapter
Ishida
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be ignored when one is studying merous kingdoms in. north Chi in outlook as between Japanese such matters, the book is, expec
Japanese culture, it is clear that na as well as that of ( Koguryo and Westerners. Thus, quoting tedly well-bound and clearly pri
the Japanese already possessed in Korea, crossed the sea, conqu Hyoye Murakami, he maintains nted on good paper.
a distinct character. of their own ered the people -of Wa, eventu that (there is a distinct qualitati
before unification of the state, ally becoming the ruling elite ve difference in their use of the
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word “nationalism.” Again, when
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