The Days of a Man C1900 



Asiuiy sent a "memorial." This was a kakemono painted 

 i^ by Toya, Sendai's most famous artist, who died in 

 hL" " 1850. A delicate moonlight study of a rabbit lurk- 

 ing among autumnal flowers in the sendai (that is, 

 "hidden hills" or "high places of secrecy") and said 

 to be a characteristic specimen of Toya's work, it 

 illustrates the first canon of Japanese landscape art 

 by embodying "earth, sky, and a living creature." 

 When I in turn expressed appreciation in my pret- 

 tiest fashion, tea and raisins were served, after which 

 they asked me to tell them about Stanford Univer- 

 sity. 



During our stay, Count Date, representative of an 

 old and famous family, showed me a box of fish 

 paintings made a hundred years before for his noble 

 house. These were excellently done, the species being 

 readily recognizable. Among others was the remark- 

 A strange able Rauzania makua, a very strange fish — already 

 fi^'^ described by Jenkins from Honolulu — in which the 



tail seems to be directly fastened to the large head 

 without intervening body.^ It was labeled (in Japan- 

 ese, of course) "off^ the sea of Akabane, Mikawa, by 

 Sokichi Minake." There is no other record of makua 

 from Japan, and only five specimens — all from 

 Hawaii — have ever been noted elsewhere. In view 

 of our great interest, the daimyo afterward sent 

 Snyder a careful copy of that particular painting. 



From Sendai we made a very interesting side trip 

 to Matsushima, "pine islands," according to popular 

 estimation second only to Miyajima in charm. For 

 the broad and shallow bay is studded with a multi- 

 tude of small, rocky islands said to number 808, each 



' Ranzania iruncata, also rare, is found in the Atlantic. The genus is allied 

 to the common Head-fish, Mola mola. 



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