Insights into the Anecdotes: Tokichi Izumita (1840–1904), Anecdote 114: “You Went through Much Difficulty”
The Anecdote (Summary) One day, Tokichi Izumita was held up by three highwaymen on the Jusan Pass. At that time the teaching of “a thing lent, a thing borrowed,” which he had often been taught, flashed across his mind. He obediently took off his coat, kimono, and everything just…