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San no tani,
near Yokohama,
April 23rd,07.

For Miss Rhoades consideration

My dear Colonel-

While our ship was taking on coal at Moji the Captain kindly offered to land two acquaintances and myself at Kobe instead of Yokohama, so we went ashore there. After one day spent at Kobe I went on to Kioto and after three days there came to Yokohama for mail and consideration of future plans. At the urgent invitation of Mr. Hara a prominent banker, manufacturer and collector I came directly from Kioto to a superb country house overlooking Mississippi Bay in which his collection is stored --- called "San no tani", which he has turned over for my use for as long as I remain in 

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