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I declined the offer saying that I was shy of the money. "You can pay any time." He was insistent. I settled him by telling him of my having no intention of purchasing it even if I had the necessary money. Again next time, he yanked in a big writing stone slab about the size of a ridge-tile. "This is a tankei," he said. As he "tankeied" two or three times, I asked for fun what was a tankei.
Right away he commenced lecturing on the subject. "There are the upper, the middle and the lower stratum in tankei," he said. "Most of tankei slabs to-day are made from the upper stratum," he continued, "but this one is surely from the middle stratum. Look at this 'gan. 'Tis certainly rare to have three 'gans' like this. The ink-cake grates smoothly on it.
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