CHAPTER XI 

 THE "JAPANESE" DOGS 



THERE appears no doubt that the " Japanese " race of 

 small dogs was introduced from China. Its name in 

 Japanese is " Chin," and the Japanese character 

 representing this name is composed of roots denoting 

 " China " and " dog." 



Considerable intercourse had grown up between the 

 Eastern Chinese of Go and the early Japanese, at least as far 

 back as the fifth century. The Japanese started making a 

 serious study of Chinese institutions about A.D. 668. 



During the periods of Tien Wu Ti (A.D. 673-686) and 

 Ch'ih T'ung Ti (A.D. 690-696) Korea and China constantly 

 presented small pet dogs to Japan.* These dogs appear to 

 have been sent as presents, first to Korea, and thence to 

 Japan. 



Eastern records also show that in the fifth month of the 

 year Tien Ping of Shen Wu Ti (A.D. 732), the Prince of Hsin 

 Lo State (Korea was then composed of three states, of which 

 this was the Eastern, adjacent to Japan) sent his envoy, Chin 

 Chang Hsun, with a suite of forty attendants, to Japan for 

 an audience. They took with them as tribute one parrot, 

 one thrush, one Ssuchuan " pai " dog, one hunting dog, an 

 ass, and two mules .f 



* Jih-pen Chi. Jih-pen Hou Chi. HsQ Jih-pen Hou Chi. Wen Te Shih Lu. 

 San Tai Shih Lu. Liu Huo Shih. " The Dog," Tokyo 1915. 

 f Hsu Jih-pen Chi. 



172 



