Show D ary kept four centar es the oldest diary in existence Is said to be that preserved in the japanese family of hosaka it has been duly r maintained by the various heads of the family for four centuries an anglish commentator notes that about twenty 5 ears ago a dispute over prec arose between two branches of the family and that this was promptly ettlel by recourse to the diary and the discovery of the record of a din ner given or years ago by the head of the family to the founder of the side line |