Written in four postcards with reproductions of works of Japanese art, published by the Society of Friends of Eastern Art.
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Tokyo, May 24th Dear B.B., Thank you so very much for your letter and postcard, which seem to have carried me immediately to I Tatti by your side. I am always keeping in very inmost heart your desire and my promise to you, that I shall apply what method of study I have learned from you in my Italian studies by your side to the study of Eastern Arts. My institute, which I have established with that idea and which our government was kind enough to take its own, financed by the national budget, is already more than ten years old & its importance is now generally recognized. Thinking of that, I feel very happy & I am still striving how to clear the Eastern art histories of all “pre-Morellian nonesenses”, so to speak & to establish them on sounder basis, just as you have done with the Italian art history. Can I not ask you a special favour of giving me a photo of you. I really want a portrait of you in my room, so that I can always look at my teacher at any time & remember his teachings. Thank you very much for your subscription to the Society of Friends of Eastern Art. Yours ever, Yuki Please remember me to Mrs. Berenson & to Miss Nicky Mariano. |
