Jiujutsu: The Old Samurai Art of Fighting Without Weapons, Vol. 16 (Classic Reprint)

October 12th, 1887. AG eneral Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Japan was held in the College of Engineering, Tokyo, on Wednesday, October 12th, 1887, N. J. Hannen, Esq., President, in the Chair. The minutes of last meeting, having been published in the Japan Mail were taken as read. It was announced that the following gentlemen had been elected Ordinary Members: Prof. W. K. Burton, H. von Jasmund,E sq., Dr. W. Van der Heyden, Captain Munter, Dr. 8. Scriba, H. Watanabe, Esq., T. B. Clarke-T hornhill, Esq., P. Mayet, Esq., Dr. E. Baelz, Professor C. B. Storrs, Hon. R. B. Hubbard, E. Odium, Esq. Dr. Edkins paper on Persian Elements in Japanese Legends was read by Dr. A merman. The Chairman, after expressing the indebtedness of the Society to Dr. Edkins for his instnictive paper, called on Dr. A merman to read the next presented by Mr. Chamberlain, who was unfortunately prevented from coming himself to read it. The paper was an account of Rodriguez System of Transliteration. The Chairman, in expressing the thanks of the Society to the author of the paper, i:emarked that, as usual, Mr. Chamberlain had treated with characteristic felicity what might in many hands have proved a very dreary subject. The meeting then adjourned. In the discussion which followed the reading of Dr. Edkins paper on Persian Elements in Japanese Legends, in which Messrs. A merman, A ston, Dixon, Knott, and Miller took part, the feeling was generally expressed that the evidence so far brought forward by Dr. Edkins was hardly sufficient to form a basis for any argument. One of the six resemblances was of no value whatever, as horses were not known in Japan before the Brd century. In general too the resemblances mentioned seemed insignificant in comparison with the dif Ferences. I ndeed, granting that the human race is descended from one stock, we should expect to find more striking resembla
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