Later, once again Mr. Ogasawara provided a special Akita for Miss Keller, this one was to be the beautiful golden red litter brother to Kamikaze named "Kenzan-Go", he was over 24 inches tall and about 100 pounds.  Kenzan-Go was an "official gift of the Japanese Government" and it wasn't until after Kenzan-Go's arrival to a Brooklyn pier on the 1st day of July, 1939, as she departed to greet him, that Miss Keller learned  of Ichiro Ogasawara's gracious donation and of Kenzan-Go's relation to her precious "Kami".  Miss Keller and Miss Thomson waited anxiously on the pier from midnight till midday for the precious cargo to be unloaded.  The magnificent Akita came to her side, there to remain, as he knew it was for her he had journeyed.

Miss Keller often affectionately referred to him as "Go-Go".  Kenzan-Go settled in nicely to his new home with Miss Keller in Connecticut, he would move easily amongst her prized treasures from Japan, from jade carvings, elegant vases, objects of ivory and porcelain to beautiful rosewood and teak furniture, never even brushing against them.

Out of doors Go-Go would track fox or deer in the snow or break the ice in the brook with his paw to drink the cold water. In a letter to Mr. Ogasawara Miss Keller wrote: "a splendid protector and companion, and a precious part of my daily life". She spoke of him as "all golden in the sun", "his tail waving like a pine bough in the breeze." She also wrote of his outdoor romps: "but he always came back telling me with his nose, ear and tail to play with him." Kenzan-Go loved, protected and delighted Miss Keller every day of his life as had his littermate the precious "KamiKaze-Go", Akita brothers who shared a very special mission, to give the treasured joy of themselves to a most "special lady".

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