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144 MAIN HOUSE OSAKA BRANCH HOUSES TERAMACHI, KIOTO NOBORIOJI, NARA EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN IKEDA, HIOGO JAPAN LONDON HOUSE 68 NEW BOND ST., LONDON, W. YAMANAKA & CO. Dealers in Japanese Art Objects 254 FIFTH AVENUE Bet. 28th and 29th Sts. [[right margin]] 1. [[/right margin]] AMERICAN HOUSES 272 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MASS. BOARD WALK ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. NURSERY DEPARTMENT GREENHOUSES 230-234 Columbia St. Dorchester, Mass 419 West 118th St. New York, March 8th 1903 Dear Mr. Freer, Your telegram of Thursday reached me safely, but I was very much disappointed to learn that you had to leave too soon for me to see you. I had already determined to go on to New York that same night, in order to be able to utilize another day there. Early on Friday morning I went down to Yamanaka's, and a few minutes after arriving, a postman came in with your long clear letter written from the train. I stayed there nearly all the day, and looked at some of their prints and Chinese stuffs also. I spoke tentatively to Mr Ushikubo of the project for lectures, which he greatly approved and wished to take up next year, but doubted whether Mr. Kirby would cooperate with them. On Saturday I went to the Art Association, and saw a great variety of stuff, little of which would interest you. Mr. Kirby took me about personally, but in such a crowded place I did not think it best to broach to him the subject of the lectures. He said that another special catalogue should be mailed to you at once. In the afternoon I telegraphed you that I would write at length today. First, with regard to the Japanese pictures at Madison Square, which are to be sold Tuesday, I think. They are mostly trash. There is a genuine Okio, No. 259, rough sketch on paper, with genuine signature, slight Color, Takayanagi's "turkey" being a big Shanghai cock.