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Quakers and Japan. March 23rd, 2023 https://www.historyofjapaneseinny.org/wp-content/uploads/videos/GMT20230323-211746_Recording_1280x720.mp4#t=6.6
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Special Thanks Institutions Barnard College Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania Friends Girls Junior and Senior High School Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia Keisen Jogakuen Tsuda University United States – Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Research Contributors Xiaoke Yang Azat Bilalutdinov The Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York wishes to express special gratitude to the editors and contributors behind Friendly Connections: Philadelphia Quakers and Japan since the Late Nineteenth Century (forthcoming from Rowman and Littlefield) for inspiring this project and aiding in its completion. Sources Bix, […]
略歴
Biographies Hugh Borton (1903-1995) was a Quaker, Columbia University professor and president of the East Asian Institute, and president of Haverford College. He worked on Japan in a variety of capacities over the course of a long career in government and academia. Before his first trip to Japan as a missionary in the 1930s however, he was urged by Ambassador and Consul General in New York, Setsuzo Sawada, to “listen and learn” upon his arrival in the country. Borton took the advice to heart and became one of the most influential American academics helping to shape policy towards Japan after the end of WW2. Hugh Borton (1903-1995) Gordon Bowles (1904-1991) […]
Timeline – Quakers
Timeline 1885 Inazo Nitobe converts to Quakerism in Baltimore, Maryland. 1885 1887 The first dedicated Quaker school for girls in Japan is established in Tokyo, named “The Friends Girls School”. 1887 1900 Umeko Tsuda founds Tsuda College (originally known as the Women’s English School). 1900 1902 Michi Kawai attends her first YWCA camp in Silver Bay, New York, sparking a lifelong association with the organization. 1902 1911 Inazo Nitobe is named an inaugural exchange professor for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and delivers a series of lectures at Columbia University in New York City and other American colleges. 1911 1918 Tokyo Woman’s Christian University is established by Inazo Nitobe, […]
更なるストーリー
Additional Stories Esther Rhoads and Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia (LARA) Beyond the advancement of women’s education, Quaker educators were heavily involved in humanitarian work in Japan. Esther Biddle Rhoads, a Columbia University graduate and Principal of the Friends Girls School in Tokyo, was one such individual. As a commissioner of Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia, or LARA, Rhoads was responsible for coordinating emergency food, clothing, and supplies for tens of millions of Japanese citizens facing dire conditions after the end of WWII. Esther Rhoads Esther Rhoads’ first arrival in Japan, 1917 Esther Rhoads came from a prominent Quaker family in Philadelphia who were friends of Inazo Nitobe […]
戦後の政策
Postwar Policy After the end of World War II, Japanese society underwent a number of changes in its government, economy, industry, and, of course, education. Many of these changes were overseen by the American occupation forces and the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, or SCAP. However, the Occupation’s relationship with Japan was not simply one of conqueror and conquered. In truth, there was a great deal of cooperation between SCAP and Japanese citizens who often found unique opportunities to implement their own ideas within the framework of the Occupation. Two of these individuals, Michi Kawai and Ai Hoshino, were women educators with ties to the Quakers and to New […]
苦難の克服
Surviving The Storm Tsuda College Emergency Committee In the early 1900s, one of the few institutions of higher education for women in Japan was Tsuda College (originally known as the Women’s English School) in Tokyo. The school was named after its founder, Umeko Tsuda, who was educated in the U.S. and possessed close connections to the Quaker community. Tsuda College opened in the year 1900 and was a truly pioneering institution as one of the only places in Japan that provided women with advanced vocational training in fields other than domestic work. Over the next twenty years, the school grew in prestige as an elite institution of learning and produced […]
変革への呼びかけ
Calls for Change In 1872, the Japanese government issued the “Gakusei” order requiring all children in the country to receive a primary education. Secondary schools followed shortly thereafter and Japan’s university system gradually became more robust. However, these developments were not enjoyed equally by male and female students. In the beginning, female attendance at primary school lagged far behind male attendance and for many decades after the edict, the schools themselves were generally gender-segregated. Furthermore, secondary schools for girls usually served limited purposes and only prepared them for careers in teaching (at the primary school level), domestic work, or the arts. And finally, at the university level, there was virtually […]
Introduction – Quakers
Introduction The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are widely known as Quakers, is well known for its indelible impact on the history of the United States. From founders like William Penn, to presidents such as Herbert Hoover, women’s rights leaders Lucretia Mott and Alice Paul, and even cultural icons like James Dean, the legacy of Quaker contributions is etched into the physical and cultural landscape of America. What may be more surprising for some to hear is that the legacy of the Religious Society of Friends is not limited to the United States, nor to western Europe where the movement began. Indeed, Quaker contributions can be seen all over […]
太平洋を越えたフレンズ
Courtesy of Tsuda University ArchivesCourtesy of Tsuda University ArchivesCourtesy of Keisen JogakuenFrom the collection of Steve Sundberg, OldTokyo.com Previous slide Next slide Friends from Yonder Shores Quakers, New York, and Women’s Education in Japan Sweet, poignant memories surged through me, of a ‘cherry-tree of yonder shore’ growing in my mother’s village…To the many who have crossed to Yonder Shore, I make sincere acknowledgement for the help they gave me in different ways. If the story of my life brings the East and the West, particularly Japan and America, even a little closer to mutual understanding and appreciation, the greater credit is due to the friends along my path who have […]
