“They belong over there, we belong over here,” Jiro continued. “We need to learn how to build their cannons to protect our beautiful things. We don’t need to learn how to make our beautiful things ugly like theirs. Father says Shin temae looks frivolous when women do it, but I say a bijin would grace a tearoom better than some diplomat pig in a furokku koto.” A what? Oh, a frock coat.
