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I saw a great deal of him and learned to admire him greatly. 

Prof. Fenollosa spent last Friday and Saturday here. To-gether we worked like beavers over the Yamomoto collection of paintings. We made three complete inspections of the entire lot and at the end of the work Fenollosa absolutely convinced me that all but two of the Chinese paintings were copies. Many of them made in the late Ming period, and others still more recently. The two exceptions were both Monju subjects. The one late Gen, and the other early Ming. Both by unknown artists and worth from $150.00 to $200.00 each. However, as these were valued at %1500.00 to $1800.00 respectively I made no offer for them. Practically all of the Japanese paintings were modern copies and I rejected the entire lot. 

During a part of the time in which the critical examination of thepaintings was being made both Yamamoto and Minakuchi were present, and the effect of Fenollosa's criticism was disasterous. No one could have been more courteous than Fenollosa was, but the shocking result of his criticisms was really pitiful. 

This occurred on Friday, and on Friday evening I gave a dinner for General Suzuki to which both Yamamoto and Minakuchi had been invited and accepted. Yamamoto managed to get thedinner, but poor Minakuchi was so depressed by the