RIZAL’S SECOND JOURNEY ABROAD

1888 – 1892
(HONGKONG)
OBJCETIVES
 Reason why Dr. Jose Rizal went to Hong Kong
 Marked dates (Departures & Arrival)
 Rizal’s trip to Macau
 Rizal’s trip to Japan
 Inerlude with O-Sei-San

On February 3, 1888, after a short stay of six months in his beloved Calamba Laguna,
Rizal left Manila (with a spy on his trail).

 He boarded the Zafiro.

 He was accompanied by his brothers-in-law and cousins.
 While the ship made a brief stopover he didn’t get off because:

Rizal In Hong Kong

On February 8 1888, he arrived in Hong Kong

 He was welcomed by Jose Maria Basa, Balbino Mauricio, Manuel Yriarte (son of a Mayor
in Laguna), and others
 He stayed in Victoria Hotel.
-The boat Zafiro he rode on left. The first thing he did when he arrived in Hong Kong
was to write letters to Manila.
-He ordered his deceased sister Olimpia’s portrait to be made who died in 1887.

On February 11, 1888, A Chinese festival began which lasted until the 13th.

The next day Rizal visited:

 The protestant, catholic and Muslim cemeteries.
Tomb of the Masons.
Monuments.

Jose Maria Basa

 A Filipino lawyer who was one of the exiles in Marianas Island.
 American ship Oceanic.
 Chinese Theatre
⨳ Rizal went to see it and he was able to understand the whole play with the help of
his companion Martinez.

On February 14 1888
 Laurel, the procurator of the Dominican Fathers. 

WEALTHY DOMINICANS FATHER

 Dominican Fathers owned more than 750 houses for rent in Hong Kong.
 They were stockholders of all the banks and handled many million.
  They engaged in business.
 The Augustinians didn’t spend more than 3000 in their missions at Hankow.
 They owned 1000 houses.

On February 16, 1888, Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt about Hong Kong.

He also wrote the letter contained about:

 How he can write freely without the feeling of being afraid.
 He didn’t know that without the aid of Lieutenant Taviel de Andrade he don’t know what he
would become.
 The provincial and archbishops went to Governor General to complain against him.
 How some people help him escape the country not just for his own interest but also theirs.
 Hong Kong is a small but clean city. Many Portuguese, Hindus, Chinese, English, and Jews
lived there.
 The Filipinos living there are mostly exiled.

Hong Kong Experiences.

 Noisy Celebration of the Chinese New Year which lasted from February 11th to 13th.
• The richer the Chinese, the more firecrackers he exploded.
 Boisterous Chinese Theatre with noisy audience and noisier music.
• Man on a stick means Man riding on a horseback.
• An actor raising a leg means entering a house.
• A red dress indicates a wedding.
• A girl about to be married coyly covers her face with a fan even in the presence of
the fiancé.
• A man raising a whip means He is about to ride a horse.
 The marathon Lauriat party wherein guests were served numerous dishes.
• Longest meal in the world.
 The Dominican Order was the richest religious order in Hong Kong.
 Visit in the Hong Kong Cemeteries.
• The Protestant Cemetery was the most beautiful.
• The catholic cemetery was the most pompous
• The Muslim cemetery was the most simplest.

RIZAL’S SECOND JOURNEY ABROAD

1888 – 1892
(macau)
Rizal In Macau
Macao is…
o small
o low
o Gloomy

 Many junks, sampans, but few steamers.

Rizal In Macau
February 18-19, 1888
 Accompanied by Jose Maria Basa  
 Steamer named Kiu-Kiang
 They stayed at Don Juan Francisco Lecaros’ house in Macao
 Rizal visited some places in Macao
 Rizal witnessed a Catholic Possession  
February 20, 1888
 Rizal and Basa returned to Hong Kong
 Rizal left from Hong Kong on board the Oceanic, an American steamer.
 His destination was Japan
 British Protestant Missionary who called Rizal “ a good man.”

Rizal In Japan
 Rizal arrived at Yokohama, Japan on February 28, 1888 and stayed at Grand Hotel.
 Learned Japanese, and dedicated himself to the study of Japanese theater, art and
language.
 Much Impressed in the city of Tokyo
 Tokyo is bigger than Paris, vast walls are built in cyclopean character.
 The streets are wide and well-lighted.

THINGS WHICH IMORESSED HIM MOST ABOUT JAPAN WAS:

1. The beauty of its plants and flowers along the streets, mountains covered by snow during
the winter season, the Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) on its peak.
2. The Japaneses great fondness for gardens.
3. The Japanese women in Kimono, simple but gracious.
4. Seeing a guest’s needs is an important part of serving as host.
5. The beauty of the country.
6. The cleanliness, politeness, and industry of the Japanese people.
7. The picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women.
8. There were very few thieves in Japan.
9. Beggars were rarely seen in the city streets.

 He met a Japanese woman a daughter of Usui-San an owner of the big supermarket in

Yokohama.
 Usui-San is the father of O-Sei-San

Interlude with Sei-San

 The Japanese lady named O-Sei-San started in early spring of March 1888.
 At the counter, Rizal had asked the lady whether she knew English
 This was the beginning of his frequent visits to the department store.
 Attracted by her beauty, simplicity, charm and intelligence,
 Sei-San loved Rizal and her love was reciprocated by Rizal’s sincere affection.
  They spent memorable and happy days by visiting magnificent temples, shrines, pagodas,
castles, and other beautiful and historical sports.
 Walked along the parks with hands firmly clasped while they shared their experiences.
 O-Sei-San- LETTER OF RIZAL TO O-SEI-SAN
- Sayonara, Sayonara! I have spent a lovely golden month. I do not know if I can have
another one like that in all my life. No woman, like you, has ever loved me. No
woman like you has sacrificed for me. Like the flower of the cherry blossoms that
falls from the stem fresh and whole without falling leaves or without withering with
poetry, still despite its fall thus you feel. Neither have you lost your purity nor have
the delicate petals of your innocence faded- Sayonara, Sayonara!

TETCHO SUEHIRO
 Rizal befriended him on board
 He is a fighting Japanese journalist, novelist, and champion on human rights.
 He was forced by the Japanese government to leave the country.
 Rizal told him about his life’s mission.
 April 13 – December 1,1888 (8 mos)
 Tetcho came to admire Rizal, whose patriotism and magnificent talents greatly
fascinated him and influenced him to fortify his own crusade for human rights in his
own country.
 On December 1, 1888 Rizal and Tetcho parted ways – never to meet again.
 In 1889, after his return to Japan, he published his travel diary
 “Young as he was, he was proficient in seven languages.”
 “S/S Belgic. I came to England by way of America with him.”
 “Open-hearted man. He was not hair-splitting. He was an accomplished, good at
picture, skillful in exquisite wax work, especially.”

 After the publication of his diary, Tetcho resigned his position as editor of Tokyo
newspaper, Choya, and entered politics.
 The following year (1891), he published a political novel entitled Nankai-no-Daiharan
(Storm Over The South Sea)
 Three years later (1894), he published another novel entitled O-unabara (The Big Ocean)
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