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Retired British Nplomat Returns To A J邻抑He Na L柳ger Knows
By Ma8M,nbo
TOKYO. , Japan had an u-jiyisualvisitor r^ntly, 84-year-old J Prank Ashtort-Gwatkin, a re~ tireさBi"itJeh-DiDlonmt-—iiere for thefirst time inmore than 50 years.■.-
The old Japan hand h" first come to this qountvy 61years a-go, in }分13, and had stayed vnt" 1921.In coiisiular service, heきd b^n sec01id s€cr;€jtary at ihe お頻8h Embassy iii
In1921,w the BritishWho,s Who show*, Ashton-<Jwatkin w&s atta^ed to th« suHe 6f CrowTi.ぉnce ofJfijWrtv the present—きp^torrij^it<>, t^ま 〗nき1^is-福t' toぉuぉも.
In1921 jMidl鄉,after World WiM^ I, he attached to the Umted K,iigdひnldele 一 ion to t;he disarmMheiit conference in
Edまted " Eton aiid Oxford, duty When he fii^ c,mせto J&pj^ at th, «ge ぉ醉to le-
arn the Jupimvse "niruage and sttidy the w^s in which thsji* panese Iivedaridthou纟ぉt, aecoi*-ding to im hitm!ew in The J—
iodhdみitig3 ciiengedおぉs sec, ond vi^ toJ»p»n, made through :the eourtf^y of.おpan Air Lines, although "神MtheIm-p^rif(i もthe Great S"tue oざBqddhi ftt KMiuikvi沐and Mt;. ぉゅ]^&ined the same, llew* of thi< distinguished
Brkon'sreceiゅyisit, par He (J by at least two Enゅsh:langnage papers in Ja]>an,wasquH《mt»* resting.Butw|i»t made this writer sit up and鋒€ notice ,ー
mea htt^i,w ttiat fiなWisthlゃ autliof of sもveralnovels, including "Kimon<^," 、vi;iitten under th^,n n,mc ofJohivP*i;i8.
"I Tt^*de my f&me notoriety with "Kimono", "jdni" dno" "W;as a:.be'st""ller ii).En gland 柳d weivもlikゃa' 、v<w in Ameri-
(j'a,".he,、vぉquotcd as. saying,
Wdl,I cari testify歸he wasn't exaggerating a bit* By coincideitwj, wheiv the interview
\Va$ halfwゅthiough that v6ry book, 'Kimc^n6,, by John Paris. It was a1922 copy, in quれc gcon <lit ion, tli at I had picked uij at a second-hand bookstore一 (it Roj)pongi severalyfIVrs ago for&bpvit 90 yeii and hs^di^bgle^-
Cont,on Pa豕e 2:
AnJrKlepen<teni (IroonforC^rKKlicmso fJopone-e Origin
Vol, XXXV川一48
TUESI)AY, AiJ"USTも柳
Toronto, Out,
0rigi脈OfJ瑪panese Examined
JAPANESE CULTURE: a study 0fOrigin3and Character-is"c8j by Eiiゅiro Ishida, Translated by Teruko Kftchi, University of Tゅyo- Presも1974.156 ppほ.Price Y2,000.
JOHN B, HANSON*LOWE
This book is a trfmslation of a series of 'publielectui^, published inlKX)k fonn in19幼under the "Nihon Bimka Ron," given byきauthor at Seijo University, Tokyo in honor of thelate K;uTtio Ya"agita, founder father ofお pane沐folklore "udi扮.Ishiiia hi叫eば(19-03-196$) w叫a <Mst^guisi>€d S(:holar in-ethnoi邻y幼d ciiltu-i:aレairthrapology, thouゅnot ii> archeology,i^^ho condupted field re?eaTch in coiitinent^Asiaani^ SouthAmれica as well&sip Japan.:
In these jecture^ Ishida,s a-im is to throWlight oh Japanies© c\ilt\^ today by cU^ify&iぉthe g"e^ions of , —giiis of the Ja—ese and <yf th^r politic^
thropologlits scepticalas to the •value of Such, 0ate'goi:ies.おhi da.. d6esn0、 !^ぉr to咖tempoirary theori坊狄cording to which a' race.may 'be c6nsidered. as 'a .reproductive: community,' of 'iridivi-dualssh&rmg acommon gene pool,but drops the quest!肌of racもanddireeteattention at the term:'"people," which he wishes to define^
Thus, p^r"haps eUmic solidarity car I be achi牵ted tlu'ough relレ gion? But- maj^ir ones tern J to develop助"world" faitljis, and such <a criterion is unsatisfactory.. I low about.language? Here, ^ m&intainS)' we' seem .to'' baマe atiextremely baG;'<?, perh柳even tletermiiiinfir, factor. "Theexist-enoe ot> singlel&ngu«fr& within cts|>here where a comnurnl纽-STuaige functiio賊tra^wcending dhklec",,, (^"ines a people flpa* tially and is a satisfactory wite, ri—: for identifying Uigjapan*
The next problem is Uiftt of -deter mi nhig:-wheh.. the —J&panei^e became a、people or recognizable i^^kbl^up' a problem quite ぁstiivet from that of determレ
BiiはOnOドT.lay
• August 7.
TORONTO. — A Tieryous excitement is sweeping the Kertdひ club at the ^Japanese Canadian CulturalCentre and the Toka B]Ub(!U>kap Association as the day f?ist approaゅes when the Kendo team from Waseda University of Tひkyひ,Japan creeps clo-ser and closer.
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J.C. Anglican Minister Praised By Prime纖画Trucl柳
LETHBRIDGE — A ietter of commencbtion from Prime Minister Pierre T rude au has been received by the Anglican minister at Coaldale.
Cdnori G.G, Ncikayama, 74, Tecently returned from a TDreachiner mission in Eastern Canada.
Tnever expected to receive this kindo〖letter,: he saidinsu巾rise. 、1 don't need any recognition: The 33-man w严edaで,team: (5oci knprvsTS of my Service; But it is nice to be reco-
おexpected to arrive here on gnized.'
unity. A J5 & generalhypothesis heゅyisage^ the existence of a
CO ntinuりus culturalpattwm加いn in g A he origine of the J
that aniTMiividiial's basic peri^ naUty,fゃrmed durin^childhoodi persists intohisoldair^ evei> though clmract^ri&tie ^■»its ii^ay have-under gone inddtfifcation du-rii)jr his 1ぱeitim〜Hi3,lectui^es iHustnite howfiwrsueh nf concept c«ni)e.. ti^nsfered' as沐 were, f13)m an individual to ape* ople.
In the firat p!ac^ who are the Jap»hes€? What crit^ia^dbtin-(^ish them from other people&? This is JI quest km柳,TenUy無 man dinまbut simjil* common se^ nse to answer, butはis nevertheless a difficult onゃIshida po« int3 o\?t that Ta«^ wtn be sified according to such chaarac-teristic黎"skin colar, f耽ialfe-"ur«8, sh*pe of skxril,and so forth; but althouirh racialはき mes, e.g. Negroes and whit« m«it, are easily cU«»ifiM)le in this manner, tiie pr«««fic^ of internedUte gT»<ifttions tha "stem one of "rylimited value, just *s Uv« <Mfficuliy of Mi Bin【liniU BMik« BMny an-
when do :We first findや of & people distiilctly reco; l^le站J&p^fiese?
V必glangiiftge " » defining ゃhaT4tcteristic, c^itJahiiy邻ch people existed in the Nara Peri, od (710-794 A,D:) adncedocu-'m^ぉ.fro06times'.have; co> me &wn to tis. If:we go back 站far as the preltifiiaHc Yay<yf Ag« (c. 200 B.C.«300 A.D.i, de» 邵He Uie lacにof recordsy the fact that t)^y enga^^ h.iiri-giit«d rice cidtWatkmleads <mie to conclude that they飛re the ancestors of on« and the .same people. Yet Yayoi cultvre eM-not be equated〗诉t with rice cultivation. How aboot their kUi_ g:uAj:e? Fortunately, there exists 泰Chinese chrcmiclet the "W*jiii«<icn," or the Peop!« of W»» in which it seem a reasons^ ly certju'n that Y集yoi p«op* le Mng d68C"Wdy敏》 is of travelers' reported Fpom this t«xt Ishidn cotOodes'aHho"
Co" On P«<e 3
their "m,ssicm of gcxydwill"on Wedne^aめAugust 7th.
Leading thedele5gfatkm from J邻an willbe,a$ed& Uniyersi-ty prof鄉or, Mr. K"Aゅ,7ih dan. Head Instrtxctor is; Mr, ;Watanabe,,ぉd«j», TJie team it~ 鍵ばis comprぉed of :1,柳 dan; 6 — 4th dきnにand 26 "^3rd
Sponsored jointly by the To-ka Bu4pkaTiAafipciation (President, 1^ar?:y Nakupwra^ . den anさiJ^Instructpf, 'M多" satoshi T邻柳琳帅<krtO 叫d the J.OC.C. Kendo CIlib (Ci> " Ch(ef Instructors, MoritひT\sunuira» 6th <J«m and Koki A rig a , 5th dan) the Wa隱 sed« team 加under go iriffo* rous foiir-ぉyゅtz ofl*<pTpiito
A? a )EK)int of interest» He*4 1]^沐niotor, Tag ay^ "Was the former caption of ihe W5msie4aiU'
i«nksamoiigthefin—tin' all
"AnmarにNihonao Hanashi Masen〃
TOKYO. — Officials of thr^e «la>panese -^i'ime$ were. sur'pri8e<l 讣ait .'newly, rec;ruit^d ':&1€:柳1*<168-seさ,aれho ugh tbey spoke good E;n^lisにwete :unable to 'handle: theii" ownlanguage.
O邻cia!s said the girls were not "piil^ar with formaland hcmひrばic-: Japanese expressions that iiavぉbe€n & distinct charactefisiic and hallmark of the -Japaneselanguage••
■"irhis: is a: sもrious matter,, .sin. airihie 0fficial幼id,scith6 three 'flirihijes havedecf-e^to make dn^ic chftn^es in theii: training シwHfHMU一やj:iye the s&war-morel^«^s int)iei「na*
Japan«
The whirlwind schedvile for 《b^'メ si tors will be ss follow^:
Wed. AufiT. 7——Arivalo£ the 扭m Jn Toronto via Buff^tlo* ヌ.Y.ゆbe followed by a Weレ coming Recept;km party at Tc^ rontons newest jApiuiese restaurant, the FurusetO-IniL
•nmra. Aug. 8 — Morning visits with the Mayor of Tanmto, <iie Premier of OnUrio and theCon-抑レGenera1.This to befollowed
» demOTKtration, tour of c«in{>us and reception at the U-niversity of To?onto.
Fri. A吗.9ーAt8 p.m. the t«itm willm状t in * practice sm)oiiwWt Jiwitbtiii of the To* k集Budokan (Kendo) Association M131Queen St. E.. Tfe«W€»e<Ute«m.
Sat Aug.10 — Ear,ymominf: vi?it to ,orld-i«n(wneilwa4?^r -p^tacular, Nif^garn Fぉls. Afternoon demonstration and tout: of th)^ Oakville Reception Cen-』 tre (» correcUoTMil.,institution for the assessment and tr^レ ment of adolescents).、
Sun. Aug.11—Kendo Tai Kai at the J.C.ひC.,123 Wynford Dr., Don Mills at r p.m.. Here the W a96da Kendo is ts will meet Toronto's finest in imexciting tournaments which inchtde reppesefttatives from Michigan St»t« UniTCTsity its wellas me^ mbcrt of the J.C.C.C. Kendo Club imd the Toka Budokan. The public is heartily encouraged to Mt€n<i. TWs is to be followed by a "open r*p,, session und a farewellpjirty for the
The pi、ime minister'sletter p'rais^ Iklr. 'NafcayaTXia for -'.his work aiiiong Japa'nタe and -..oc, ゃWental Canadians, and.れゃx'p.rfs-s€d the wish that he "continue to reflect t>he hope,love and courage of .the One :、vliom you serve."'
Ml..Nakaya邮arrived in Co-瑪ldale in-1945.、His ノassignm印t was to find,member^.. jStable... proi>ert.y an、(TTnoye aヌliurch bu-. Udhig fromきl6oanにB.C.
Earlier, along ,ith 23,000 fe-ilow'- Jゅanゃぞ,:Canadians Hying .in it he V扭njCひuver :are& during, the S^ond World War, Mr. Nakia-yama had beeiy moved to^ th? B.C. interioi^
The cl6igynum,s example 6f Christおnlove and broれerlipod helped fcsW si good influence artwhg Japaneザ• Canadians during war yfeaiさ.He想tablぉhed a churclia*さlo^n, baゃtizing 200 converts: His wife,もhb for. m枕LoulsM咖i: Yao, helped csidblish c;ariy childhood ti^ain-ing centres.
Following the tvar, Mr.'Na-kajrAnm w站appoint— to serve the 4^500 J&pajiese who chose Sqtithem AlberU fふr & new ho* me*
As integration grew, occid幼-tehj6hied the Japaiiese congrer gfrtion. Mr. Nak&yahia preached in both Japanese, and -English. A dual-language prayer book was provided.
In additioiito pastoraldutFes ift Southern AH)erta, Canon Na-kayama 'has made severaloverseas journeys for preaching purposes.
Ed.,s Note: GanonNakayama is the father of Japanese Canadian poetess, Joy Kogawa, author of A Choice of Dreams« McCklUnd and Stewart Limited.