A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

270 Japanese Miscellany
"Our ship was called the Fuhuju Maru;^ —
she was owned by Mayeda Jingoro, of this town.
All of the crew but one were Yaidzu men. The
captain was Saito Kichiyemon, — a man more
than sixty years of age: he lived in J6-no-
Koshi, — the street just behind us. There was
another old man on board, called Nito Shoshichi,
who lived in the Araya quarter. Then there
was Terao Kankichi, forty -two years old: his
brother Minosuke, a lad of sixteen, was also
with us. The Terao folk hved in Araya. Then
there was Saito Heikichi, thirty years old; and
there was a man called Matsushiro; — he came
from Suo, but had settled in Yaidzu. Washino
Otokichi was another of the crew: he lived
in Jo-no-Koshi, and was only twenty-one. I
was the youngest on board, — excepting Terao
Minosuke.
"We sailed from Yaidzu on the morning of
the tenth day of the seventh month of Manyen
Gwannen,'^ — the Year of the Ape, — bound for
Sanuki. On the night of the eleventh, in the
1 The word Fukuju signifies " Fortunate Longevity."
2 That is to say the first, or coronation-year, of the
Period Manyen,— 1860-1861