Mildly annoying not to be poly-lingual...

I have a small cache of what I believe are early (late 17-early 1800s) Asian sketchbooks by the likes of Keisai Kuwagata and Seiho. They are beautiful and I can discern enough to know that I need to know more. I'm in the process of touching base with some experts in the area...but I'm sort of annoyed at how little if know of foreign languages. I have a smattering of very bad Russian and a solid foundation in Latin. I wonder if I can get my son to learn Chinese and/or Japanese...it would clearly serve him in years to come in addition to saving me from having to learn it myself. Ah to be seven.