B. But Reds are spurting. Well rowed! Reds! Well rowed! They are level! Reds are leading! Hurrah! T. The judge has given the race to Reds. A splendid win! Won by two lengths! B. Come, let's go to the Grand Stand and see the prizes given to the winners. Jaway. VI.-AT A PICTURE GALLERY. (The Teacher and Tanaka are walking round the Gallery looking at the pictures.) T. Which pictures do you prefer, sir, those painted in foreign style or the true Japanese? B. I admire Japanese art much more than (the) Western. 7. That's strange! you are an Englishman: surely you can't appreciate Japanese art? B. Oh, yes, I can, my boy. It is ideal; that's why I think it the real, the true art. If I want nature, I go to the fields and woods, the mountains and valleys, the lakes, rivers, and sea. But when I want the ideal, I go to a Japanese picture gallery. 7. Come! what do you think of this? It is a kakemono by Motonobu Kano, one of our artists. most famous painters. B. live? Beautiful! Beautiful!- When did he 7. He lived in the sixteenth century, in the reign of the Emperor Gokashihara. B. Here is a statue of Hideyoshi. Whom is it by? T. It was carved by one of our most famous sculptors, but his name has slipped my memory. (They pass on, admiring and criticising the various paintings, sculptures, etc.) T. Who are the most famous painters of to-day? English B. We have few great artists now, but in the time of good Queen Victoria there were many whose names will live forever, such as Turner, Millais, and Watts. 7. What do you call such a picture; this one of the sea? B. It is a seascape; that one over there is a landscape; and this one of a mother and her child is a portrait. T. Look at this beautiful view of Fuji. B. How much is it? I should like to buy it to send home to my sister. T It is marked 50 yen. Very cheap; don't you think so? B. Yes, indeed! Who painted it? 7. Mr. Daikan, a rising young artist of Tokyo School of Art. B. Please come to-morrow and purchase it for me, will you? T. With pleasure, sir. › VII.-A VISIT TO UENO PARK. (On the way) (The Teacher and Tanaka meet by appointment on Nihonbashi one fine spring morning.) B. Ah! here you are, Tanaka, punctual to the minute! How are you this morning? T. Oh, I feel splendid, sir, thank you! I am glad I am in time. I was afraid I should be late, as I over-slept myself. B. Let's take this car to Ueno. (They enter the car) B. May I smoke? T. No, smoking is strictly prohibited. (forbidden.) B. Why? (not allowed. T. When the cars first began to run, the passengers were permitted to smoke, but it was very unpleasant for ladies and nonsmokers, and also made the floor very dirty. (put an end to. So it was stopped. forbidden. B. (And) quite right too. Japanese smoke a great deal too much;-don't you think so? T. Yes! Our head-master is always warning us against excessive smoking, and says it is very bad for the health. B. He is the right man to be head of a school. I am sure those cheap foreign cigarettes are very harmful. T. Here we are at Ueno, sir. Let us (get down here. lalight. B. Where shall we go first? T Let us see the cherry-blossom first. Then we will go to the Zoological Gardens to look at the wild animals. T. Look, sir! the cherry-trees are in full bloom now. B. How beautiful! How lovely! T. Have you (any) cherry trees in England? B. Oh yes, Tanaka, but their bloom is not so lovely as yours. T. What do you grow them for, then? B. For bear fruit? their the fruit. Do your cherry trees 7. Yes, in the north, in such provinces as Aomori. But we prefer such trees as these, for we Japanese love to feast our eyes on the blossom rather than our stomachs on the fruit. |