[…] nihon no hōbō no wan de toreru kame ya igai, bukakkō na tako ya iyō na kōkakurui nado de aru.There are […] turtles and mussels collected in various of Japan's bays, misshapen octopuses and bizarre crustaceans, and the like.

十二年秋七月、熊襲反之不朝貢。

karuchā shokku o ukeruto experience culture shock

Watashi wa dōkun ni tanonde gaka no mochiiru yō na sankyaku o te ni ire, toki ni wa sore o yagai e mochidashite, hi ni hi ni atarashii shizen kara manabu kokoro o yashinaō to shita koto mo aru.I also used to ask him to get a tripod which a painter would use and sometimes take it out in the open to try to cultivate a new mind to learn from the nature everyday.