RIZAL: Life and Works of Rizal
Module 6: Hongkong, Macau, & Japan 1888
Ch12: Hongkong, Macau, & Japan 1888
Rizal leaving the Philippines for the
Second Time
• Hounded by powerful enemies, Rizal
was forced to leave his country for
the second time in 1888.
• He was 27 years old, a practicing
physician, and a recognized man of
letters.
• After six months of staying in the
Philippines Rizal left via the steamer
Zapiro bound for Hong Kong (1)
Reasons why Rizal had to leave the
Philippines: (2-3)
• His presence is a liability to his family
and friends.
• He can fight the colonial government
better abroad.
• Amoy – the first stop over of the
ship
• Rizal did not get off the ship for the
following reasons:
• He was not feeling well
• It was raining hard
• He heard that the city is dirty.
Hong Kong
• A British colony
• Rizal stayed in Victoria Hotel He met
• Jose Maria Basa
• Balbino Mauricio
• Manuel Yriarte (son of the alcalde
mayor in Calamba) (12)
• According to Rizal in his letter to
Blumentritt, is a small, but very clean
city.
• Many Portuguese, Hindus, English,
Chinese and Jews.
• There are some Filipinos exiled in
Marianas Islands since 1872, they
were former financiers and rich but
now poor, gentle and timid.
1
Rizal’s Visit to Macau
• A Portuguese colony near Hong
Kong. Rizal together with Basa
boarded a ferry named Kiu-Kiang
going to Macau. (13)
• Jose Sainz de Varanda – among
one of the passengers
• Don Juan Francisco Lecaros – a
Filipino gentleman who is married to
a Portuguese lady. (4)
• Rizal and Basa stayed in his house
for two days while they were in
Macau.
DEPARTURE FROM HONGKONG
• February 22, 1888 – Rizal left
Hongkong (3)
• Oceanic – an American steamer, his
destination was Japan
Ch13: Rizal in Japan
The Land of the Cherry Blossoms
• Rizal left Hong Kong on board of the
Oceanic, an American steamer on his
way to Japan. (6)
• He arrived in Yokohama, Japan and
stayed for one day in Grand Hotel.
(7)
Rizal in Tokyo
• After spending a day in Yokohama,
Rizal went to Tokyo and stayed in
Tokyo Hotel for five days.
• Tokyo Hotel- where Rizal stayed from
March 2-7 in Japan
Rizal’s letter to Blumentritt.
• Tokyo is more extensive than Paris.
• The walls are built in cyclopean
manner.
• The streets are large and wide
• JUDO – Japanese art of self defense
• KABUKI – Japanese drama play (8)
• Juan Perez Caballero – secretary
of the Spanish legation visited him in
RIZAL: Life and Works of Rizal
Module 6: Hongkong, Macau, & Japan 1888
the hotel inviting him to stay in the
Spanish legation. (7)
• Knowing that it is a plot to monitor
him, Rizal accepted the offer for the
following reasons:
• REASONS WHY HE ACCEPTED
CABALLERO’S PROPOSAL:
• He could economize his living
expenses
• He had nothing to hide from the
prying eyes of the Spanish
authorities.
• He and Caballero became good
friends.
• In Japan, Rizal was embarrassed
because he did not knew how to
speak Niponggo (Japanese
Language)
• He was mistaken as an Europeanized
Japanese because he looks like a
Japanese and yet speaks in different
tongue.
Rizal’s Impression of Japan
• The scenic beauty of the country (9-
12)
• The cleanliness, politeness and
industry of the Japanese people.
• The picturesque dress and simple
charm of the Japanese women.
• There were few thieves in Japan.
• Beggars are rarely seen in the city
streets.
Rickshaw
• Rickshaw – a popular mode of
transportation which he did not like in
Japan.
Rizal and O-Sei-San
• A samurai’s daughter of 23 years old
and had never experienced true love.
• Seiko Usui – San, her father; a store
owner (13)
• A woman of beauty, charm, modesty
and intelligence.
• Speaks French and English
2
• When Rizal first introduced himself to
her, he took of his hat as a sign of
respect ( A German custom)
• O-Sei-San – was more than Rizal’s
girlfriend for she was his guide,
interpreter and tutor.
• She improved his knowledge of the
Japanese language.
• She eases the pain left by Leonor
Rivera.
• Rizal and Osei – San are both theatre
addicts.
• They attended some kabuki plays
such as; (14-15)
o Sendaihagi
o Manjiro Nakahama
o Chushingura
• Rizal fell greatly in-love with O-Sei-
San that he was tempted to leave the
Philippines and settle down in Japan.
• He was offered a job in the Spanish
Legation
• Paciano – wrote to him reminding
him of his duty and why he left the
Philippines in the first place.
• Rizal left Japan via the ship Belgic, an
English steamer in Yokohama bound
for United States. (16)
• It ended 45 days of his unforgettable
stay in Japan and his relationship
with O-Sei-San.
O-Sei-San after Rizal’s departure
• Alfred Charlton – became the
husband of O-Sei-San in 1897, one
year after Rizal was executed.
• He was a British teacher of chemistry
in Peers’ School in Tokyo.
• They had a daughter named Yuriko,
who married a son of a Japanese
senator (17)
• Seiko-Usui died in 1947 at age 80
and was buried beside her husband.
(18)
Sayonara japan
RIZAL: Life and Works of Rizal
Module 6: Hongkong, Macau, & Japan 1888
• April 13, 1888 – Rizal left Japan
boarded in Belgic, an English steamer
bound for United States (19)
• Tetcho Suehiro – a fighting
Japanese journalist, novelist,
champion of human rights, who was
forced by the government to leave
Japan. (20)
• He met a semi-Filipino family – Mr.
Reinaldo Turner and his wife
Emma Jackson, their children and
maid from Pangasinan.
Tetcho Suehiro
• Became a member of the Japanese
Imperial Diet (Parliament)
• Wrote to novels:
o Nankai-no-Daiharan (Storm Over the
South Sea) – 1891 resembling Noli
Me Tangere
o O-unabara (The Big Ocean) – 1894 –
resembling El Filibusterismo
o Died in 1896 at age 49 due to heart
attack.
• Advocates of Freedom
o Rizal
o Tetcho Suehiro