Epigraph
“Waga kuni no Yamato shima ne ni idzuru hi wa;
Morokoshi hito mo, awoga zarameya.”
“In the ancient Yamato island, my native land, the sun rises;
Must not even the Western foreigner reverence?”
“I cannot cease from praising these Japanese. They are truly the delight of my heart.”
Ancient Japanese Poem.
St. Francis Xavier.