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YAMANAKA & CO. Dealers in Japanese and Chinese Art Objects 254 FIFTH AVENUE AMERICAN HOUSE 324 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MASS. LONDON HOUSE 68 NEW BOND STREET LONDON, W., ENG. MAIN HOUSE OSAKA, JAPAN BRANCH HOUSES AWATA, KIOTO, NOBORIOJI, NARA IMPORT DEPARTMENT SHINSAIBASHI, OSAKA NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 1907. 190 Mr. J. M. Kennedy, 915 Union Trust Building, Detroit, Mich. Dear Sir:— Your favor of January 21st enclosing check for $8,500. in payment for invoice of November 13th, 1906, was received. We are herewith returning you the receipted voucher with our hearty appreciation and gratitude for your prompt attention. We are glad the things were received in good order. The ink stone which you mention in your letter belongs to "NI-2415-Writing Case" and the paper, we are sending [[?]] you by request of Stevens, "keeper in chief" who asked Mr. Ushikubo while he was in Detroit. We hear with great pleasure that Mr. Freer's journeys have been uninterrupted, and that he is sailing to Ceylon; we sincerely trust he is in good health and spirits. We thank you for your kind inquiry about Mr. Ushikubo, and are please to say that he has almost recovered from his long illness, and has been able to attend to some of his business duties for the past two days; but we fear that he is not quite strong enough to stand the