Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1908 — The Jews and the Japanese. [ARTICLE]

The Jews and the Japanese.

Are the Japanese the lost ten tribes of Israel? The Jewish World revives this old theory, remarking that it was probably inevitable that they should be sought iri the Japanese in view of the fact that the museums of Japan contain numerous engravings purporting to show the landing of Jews in Nippon. One of the pictures cited is said to show a procession in which tae ark is discernible and In which thr priests wear hats of biblical pattern. Another depicts Solomon In the act of receiving gifts from the queen of Sheba, while —and this is regarded as the most conclusive of all—the founder of Japan’s dynasty of 126 emperors bore the same name (Osea) as the last king of Israel (Hoshea), his contemporary.