I N T R O D U C T I O N T O V O L U M E 1 3 l x i Eikichi Kamada, the minister of education. Elsa Einstein wore a kimono that was greeted with applause. Einstein spoke for six hours with only a single intermission, pausing at fifteen-minute intervals so Ishiwara could translate (Appendix E). The following day, a festive luncheon was held by the Imperial Academy at the Botan- ical Gardens, hosted by the academy’s president, Hozumi, and attended by Keijiro Okano, the minister of justice. On 21 November, Empress Sadako Kujo hosted a chrysanthemum-viewing party in honor of Einstein in the gardens of the Akasaka Palace, attended by Prime Minister Viscount Kato Tomosaburo and by other Japa- nese statesmen and many foreign diplomats. Emperor Taisho himself was not avail- able, as he had retired from public life. On 24 November Einstein gave his second public lecture at the Youth Assembly Hall in Tokyo. Over the course of the next week, Einstein gave six scientific lectures in the De- partment of Physics at Tokyo Imperial University. To celebrate their conclusion, a large banquet was held on 1 December, at which the “whole intellectual elite” was present. In Tokyo, Einstein visited a traditional Japanese inn with geishas. He also attended a tea ceremony, as well as performances of Noh and Kabuki theater, and of ancient Japanese court music and dance. His enthusiasm for Japanese music led him to write an article on the topic (Doc. 391). He also visited and lectured at Wase- da University, where 10,000 attended the reception, and again at Imperial Univer- sity, where 20,000 students from all of the city’s universities helped to welcome him. He toured the School of Technology and the Women’s Normal School, and also attended a reception at the German Embassy. After two weeks in Tokyo, Einstein traveled to northeastern Japan, where he de- livered his third public lecture at the Sendai Civic Auditorium to an audience of 350. He then took a day trip farther north, to the Matsushima Islands, accompanied by Yamamoto and the caricaturist Ippei Okamoto. The same evening they returned to Sendai, where a reception was held in Einstein’s honor at Tohoku Imperial Uni- versity. From Sendai, Einstein continued to Nikko and toured the temples and the moun- tains of Tochigi Prefecture for three days. With his companions he discussed Japa- nese attitudes toward religion, especially Buddhism, and the Japanese worldview in the era prior to the encounter with Europe. During these outings, Einstein record- ed his various impressions. He saw the Japanese as “similar to Italians in tempera- ment, but even more refined, still entirely steeped in their artistic tradition, not nervous, full of humor.” He further concluded that the “[i]ntellectual needs of this nation seem to have been weaker than its artistic ones: natural disposition?” (Doc. 379, pp. 22–23). On 7 December, he bid a “final farewell” to Tokyo, traveled to Kyoto, spoke in its Civic Auditorium, and visited the Sento Imperial Palace.Visiting a memorial to the German physician Robert Koch prompted Einstein to conclude that the
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