Chapter 13

PART-II
He also studied Japanese Drama
/Kabuki, arts, music, and Judo.
Rizal also browsed museums, libraries, art
galleries, and shrines.
He visited Meguro, Nikko, Hakone, and
Miyanoshita.
Rizal met Filipino Musicians at Tokyo park.
He also studied Japanese Drama
/Kabuki, arts, music, and Judo.
Rizal also browsed museums, libraries, art
galleries, and shrines.
He visited Meguro, Nikko, Hakone, and
Miyanoshita.
Rizal met Filipino Musicians at Tokyo park.
PART II
O-Sei-San’s beauty and affection almost tempted
Rizal to settle down in Japan, at the same time,
he was offered a good job.

If Rizal were a man of less heroic mould, of less

willpower, he would have lived permanently in
Japan – and happily at that with O-Sei-San; but
then the world, in general, and the Philippines,
in particular, would have lost a Rizal.
Rizal great love for O-Sei-San is tested by the hero’s diary. On the
eve of his departure, he wrote.

“ Japan has pleased me. The beautiful scenery, the flowers,

the trees, and the inhabitants- so peaceful, so courteous, and so
pleasant, O-Sei-San, Sayonara, Sayonara! I have spent a lovely
golden month; I do not know if I can have another one like that all
my life. Love, money, friendship, appreciation, honors- these have
not been wanting.
To think that I am leaving this life for the uncertain , the
unknown. There I was offered an easy way to live, beloved and
esteemed…
 To you, I dedicate the final chapter of these memoirs of my
youth. No woman, like you, has ever loved me. No woman, like you
has ever loved me. Like the flower of the chodji that falls from the
stem fresh and whole without falling leaves of without withering-
with poetry still despite its fall – thus you fell. Neither have you lost
your purity nor have the delicate petals of your innocence faded-
Sayonara, Sayonara!
You shall never return to know that I have once more thought
of you and that your image lives in my memory; and undoubtedly, I
am always thinking of you. Your name lives in the sighs of my lips,
your image accompanies and animated all my thoughts. When shall
I return to pass another divine afternoon like that in the temple of
Meguro?
When shall the sweet hours I spent with you return?
When shall I find them sweeter, more tranquil, more
pleasing? You the color of camellia, its freshness, its
elegance . . . Ah! last descendant of a noble family,
faithful to an unfortunate vengeance, you are lovely
like . . . Everything has ended! Sayonara, Sayonara!

With this tenderly tragic entry in his own diary,

Rizal bade farewell to lovely O-Sei-San.
Sayonara, Japan.
On April 13, 1888, Rizal boarded the Belgic, an English steamer, at
Yokohama, bound for the United States. He left Japan with a heavy
heart, for he would not see O-Sei-San anymore.
One of Rizal’s fellow passengers
was Tetcho Suehiro, a Japanese
newspaperman who had been
jailed twice for writing articles
against the government. He did
not know any foreign language
so he could not talk with other
passengers. Rizal, who could
fairly talk in Japanese, helped
him, and they became good
friends.
Rizal and Suehiro were advocates of freedom. Both were valiant
patriots, implacable enemies of injustice and tyranny.

Rizal told Suehiro of the Spanish misrule on the Philippines, his

efforts to defend his people from Spanish abuses, and his novel Noli
Me Tangere was banned by the Spanish authorities.
They travelled together across the Pacific, through the US, and
parted at London.

Suehiro admired Rizal for his kindness and genius. It was Rizal who
taught him the Western way.
Suehiro kept a diary of his travels, under the date of May 20,
1889, he mentioned how he bade farewell to Rizal in London.
“ I bade farewell to the inmate of my boarding-
house, I got on a carriage at 9:30 a.m. and went down
the parliament hill road, when I came across Mr. Rizal,
an intimate friend of mine waking up to see me. I had
him get on my carriage.”
Mr. Rizal was a citizen of Manila in the Philippines. Age
about 27-28. young as he was, he was proficient in seven
languages.”
It was in S/S Belgic that we first met. I came to England by
way of America with him. Ever since I had been intercourse
with him.”
Rizal was an open-hearted man. He was not
hairsplitting. He was an accomplished man, good at pictures,
skillful in exquisite wax work, especially.”

Suehiro published his book entitled Deaf Traveler; in which he

mentioned his travel with Dr. Rizal from Yokohama to London via
America.
And Storm over the southern sea, the plot of which was similar to Rizal’s
Noli, The hero was named Takayama, which was Ibarra in the Noli.
After Rizal’s execution on December 30, 1896, where suehiro mourned
deeply, he became prominent in Japan’s journalistic and political circles.
He grew rich as editor of Choya Shinbun and later became a member of
the Japanese Parliament.
Amusing Incident during Pacific Crossing
Rizal had an amusing incident during the voyage across the
Pacific On board the Belgic he met Mrs. Emma Jackson, a
Filipino woman married to an Englishmen.
One of her children, a bright boy, used to converse with
Rizal.
One day the boy asked Rizal: “Do you know a man in
Manila named Richial? He wrote a novel entitled Noli.”
Rizal Replied: “Yes, I’m Richial.”
CHAPTER 13
RIZAL IN
JAPAN
END
1. When did Rizal register at Grand Hotel and arrive in Yokohama?
2. After Rizal arrived in Tokyo, who visited his hotel?
3. What is a light two-wheeled hooded vehicle thing that Rizal did
not like in Japan?
4. Who was a woman that is very fluent in three languages, such as
Japanese, English, and French. She also became the translator
and teacher of Rizal when he was staying in Japan?
5. What is this classical form of Japanese dance-drama that is
known for its heavily-stylized performances, and the often-
glamorous costumes worn by performers?
6. What steamer did Rizal board on April 13, 1888, when he left Japan?
7. He is a fellow passenger of Rizal when he was leaving Japan, a
Japanese newspaperman who had been jailed twice for writing
articles against his government. Who is he?
8. What aspect of Japanese self-defense focuses on throwing an
opponent, immobilizing them with a pin, or forcing an opponent
to surrender with a joint lock or a choke?
9. Rizal stated that Tokyo's walls were constructed in what particular
manner.?
10. Who is the father of the woman Rizal’s lover in japan? He is also
the samurai who owned the biggest store in Yokohama in his time?
Answer
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1. February 28, 1888
2. Juan Perez Caballero
3. Rickshaw
4. O-Sei-San
5. Kabuki
6. Belgic or S/S Belgic
7. Tetcho Suehiro
8. Judo
9. Cyclopean manner or Cyclopean
10. Usui-San