9. Investigation and application of means necessary for the improvement of the customs and ideals of the Japanese people in general. ART. III. A Standing Committee shall be elected by the members. ART. IV. The Standing Committee shall have power to appoint or dismiss a Secretary and clerks. ART. V. Candidates for membership of the Society shall be recommended by the Society. ART. VI. The expenses of the Society shall be defrayed out of the revenue derived from the contributions of members and of persons interested in the work of the Society, from the sale of publications and from other miscellaneous sources. ART. VII. Meetings of the Society shall be held as occasion may require. ART. VIII. The Standing Committee of the Society shall submit to the members once a year an annual report of the revenue and expenditures, accomplishments, and condition of the Society. _Members of the Yamato Society_: TAKUMA DAN, BARON TORANOSUKE FURUKAWA, SHIGENOBU HIRAYAMA, Member of the House of Peers. SHIGEZO IMAMURA, JUNNOSUKE INOUYE, YEIKICHI KAMADA, BARON HISAYA IWASAKI, } Partners of the BARON KOYATA IWASAKI, } Mitsubishi Goshi } Kaisha, Tokyo. CHOZO KOIKE, Director of Mr. Kuhara's Head Office, Tokyo. FUSANOSUKE KUHARA, President of the Kuhara Mining Co., Tokyo. BARON NOBUAKI MAKINO, Member of the House of Peers. SHIGEMICHI MIYOSHI, Member of the Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha, Tokyo. BARON KUMAKICHI NAKASHIMA, SAIZABURO NISHIWAKI, JOKICHI TAKAMINE, President of the Takamine Laboratory, New York. SANAE TAKATA, Member of the House of Peers. SEIICHI TAKI, Professor of Art History, Imperial University, Tokyo. MARQUIS YORIMICHI TOKUGAWA, Member of the House of Peers. YUZO TSUBOUCHI, former Professor of the Waseda University, Tokyo. KAZUTOSHI UYEDA, Dean of Literary College, Imperial University, Tokyo. BARON KENJIRO YAMAKAWA, President of Imperial University, Tokyo. _Members of the Standing Committee_: SHIGENOBU HIRAYAMA. CHOZO KOIKE. SHIGEMICHI MIYOSHI. SANAE TAKATA. SEIICHI TAKI. KAZUTOSHI UYEDA. PREFACE