HAYASHI Gonsuke. Enryō on the first of June saying he was planning to stay three or four nights in Dalian. Nitta had put together a schedule with lectures at: the Higashi Honganji branch temple kindergarten on “Living Buddhism” on the first evening after arrival; the next day at one in the afternoon at the branch temple on “The Buddhist View of Life”; and, at four at the head office of the South Manchurian Railway Company on “Theories on Specters.” The next day they were to tour Port Arthur/Lüshun and then visit Japanese embassy secretary On the morning of the fifth Nitta met Enryō at the train in Dashi-qiao and rode with him the rest of the way to Dalian. Nitta said, “When Professor Enryō saw me he grinned and said, ‘Oh, you came to meet me. Now I feel at ease.’” The two of them had lunch together for about thirty minutes. We might imagine that their conversation was something like the following. Enryō produced a bottle of wine he had brought with him and said, “Take a drink.” When Nitta said he had heard that the professor did not drink or smoke, Enryō replied, “No, I don’t smoke, but in the last few years I have begun to drink more alcohol and it has been very good for my health.” Nitta explained the schedule for Dalian but then said, “Seeing you now Professor, you seem very tired. Please take a short rest at the Yamato Hotel on the way before we go to the venue.” To this Enryō replied: 190
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