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interior of Japan - I mean the
life in itself - than I do, I
fear you could not find one,
- except a certain Jesuit
father who looks at the matter
from the 15th century point
of view. The difference between
myself and other writers on
Japan is simply that I have
become practical, a Japanese
- in all but knowledge of
the language; while other
writers remain foreigners
looking from outside at
riddles which cannot be
read except from us
inside. There is no one
competent to criticize me
from the point of view you
suggest, because there is no
one who has been able
to assume that point of view