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192 HONDA THE SAMU&A1. carved over it. Tumbling it over with a push, he jumped and stamped on the crest with delight and rubbed off the gold with a rough stone. I have found that my companion is not very wise, and is even more radical than I am. We shall have to leave Fu-chiu to-day, as the officers will get word of the insult to the Tokugawa crest and be after us as the offenders. From here we shall visit Kamakura, the cursed place where Yoritomo and the first usurpers of the Mikado's power fixed their seat of government, and where the Genji, Hojo, and Ashikaga lines held power. We shall worship at the shrine of Nitta, that brave and loyal soul who shed the blood of his loyal heart for the emperor near our native city of Fukui. Please lay a fresh flower on his tomb for me when you again visit it, as I know you do weekly. While persever- of histo- ing in your art studies do not forget the reading ries such as Mito's and Rai Sanyo's. From HONDA Jmo, Fu-chiu, Tsuruga. To OIWA SAMRO, Fukui, Echizen. Ka-yei, 5th year, 6th month, oth day. Inn of the Thousand Cranes with Golden Tags. Three days' leisurely travel brought them to the famous hot springs in a pretty hamlet in the heart of the Hakone* mountains, named " Beneath the Shrine (Miyanoshita)." Here they rested two days, amusing themselves by enjoying the baths, in reading the adventures of two pedestrian travelers, in a funny book entitled " Shank's Mare on the Eastern Sea Road," and in visiting the famous places near by. In one of their excursions they came to a cave which was a resort of pilgrims and very sacred in the eyes of the people. " Let us go in and see what the boors find to feed their superstition," said Ban.
THE LIFE OF A RONItf. 193 " Only a Buddha, I presume," said Honda, who, as he entered, saw in the twilight what he supposed to be only one of the common images of the infant Buddha and his mother. " " Not so ! roared Ban, seeming livid with rage, and looking round as if for a missile. " What 's the matter ? " cried Honda, surprised. " Kirishitan ! Kirishitaii ! Look at it again. See ! It's Yasu and his mother!" angrily answered Ban as he picked up a rock and hurled it at the image, knocking it over. " Wait till I examine it ! " cried Honda, as Ban was about to throw the heavy stone against it to break off the head of the fallen image. " " Don't you see ? Look again at that, and that ! True enough, it was an image of the Virgin Mary and the child Jesus copied from some European model, but done by a native stone-cutter. In a word, it was a relic of the seventeenth century, when the Portuguese Roman Catholic missionaries traversed Japan, and thousands of churches, under the sign of the cross, gathered multitudes at the altar to pray through the Virgin's intercession to Christ and the Father. Either hurried away into the cave for safety during times of persecution, or chiseled especially for this secret place of worship, the image had stood until the last Christian had gone into exile or died; and the forgotten image was mistaken by native Buddhists for an idol of the Buddha and his mother. Honda saw that the cross-shaped halos on the
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THE LIFE OF A RONItf. 193<br />
" Only a Buddha, I presume," said Honda, who, as<br />
he entered, saw in the twilight what he supposed to<br />
be only one of the common images of the infant<br />
Buddha and his mother.<br />
" "<br />
Not so ! roared Ban, seeming livid with rage,<br />
and looking round as if for a missile.<br />
" What 's the matter ? " cried Honda, surprised.<br />
" Kirishitan ! Kirishitaii ! Look at it again. See !<br />
It's Yasu and his mother!" angrily answered Ban<br />
as he picked up a rock and hurled it at the image,<br />
knocking<br />
it over.<br />
" Wait till I examine it !<br />
" cried Honda, as Ban<br />
was about to throw the heavy stone against it to<br />
break off the head of the fallen image.<br />
" "<br />
Don't you see ? Look again at that, and that !<br />
True enough, it was an image of the Virgin Mary<br />
and the child Jesus copied from some European<br />
model, but done by a native stone-cutter. In a word,<br />
it was a relic of the seventeenth century, when the<br />
Portuguese Roman Catholic missionaries traversed<br />
Japan, and thousands of churches, under the sign<br />
of the cross, gathered multitudes at the altar to<br />
pray through the Virgin's intercession to Christ and<br />
the Father. Either hurried away into the cave for<br />
safety during times of persecution, or chiseled especially<br />
for this secret place of worship, the image had<br />
stood until the last Christian had gone into exile or<br />
died; and the forgotten image was mistaken by<br />
native Buddhists for an idol of the Buddha and his<br />
mother.<br />
Honda saw that the cross-shaped halos on the