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Famous Japanese Individuals to Visit Chicago in the Late 19Th and Early 20Th Centuries: from Unknown Students to Distinguished Prime Ministers Journal of East Asian Libraries Volume 2004 Number 132 Article 3 2-1-2004 Famous Japanese Individuals to Visit Chicago in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: From Unknown Students to Distinguished Prime Ministers Eizaburo Okuizumi Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Okuizumi, Eizaburo (2004) "Famous Japanese Individuals to Visit Chicago in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: From Unknown Students to Distinguished Prime Ministers," Journal of East Asian Libraries: Vol. 2004 : No. 132 , Article 3. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal/vol2004/iss132/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of East Asian Libraries by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. FAMOUS JAPANESE individuals VISIT CHICAGO LATE 19th EARLY 20th CENTURIES UNKNOWN STUDENTS distinguished PRIME MINISTERS eizaburo okuizumiOkuizumi university chicago th I1 am honored speak lecture meeting convened 150 anniversary opening my country brave americans headed commodore matthew galbraith perry 1853 1 I1 inquire theme opening nation state specifically development US japan relations I1 appreciate both achievements americans japan japanese united states considerable I1 am proud kind ambitious dramatic exciting history time limitations tonight I1 shall limit my talk gifted japanese men women came chicago late nineteenth early twentieth centuries these sojournerssojoumers meiji taisho japan came chicago tremendous characters benefited greatly city well united states america 1 people became prime ministers returning chicago ito hirosumihirobumi kuroda kiyotakaKivotaka takahashi korekiyoKorekivo first I1 like introduce ito hirosumihirobumi 184119091841 1909 came choshu domain now yamaguchi prefecture preeminent statesman modem japan prime minister ito served total four consecutivenonconsecutivenon terms appointed first cabinet japanese history guided japan formative years become modem nation state ito originally came modest family studied diligently early age attended shoka Sonjusonjukuku yoshida shoinschoins school 2 soon selected choshu domain go study england very busy man particularly early 1870s during early thirties central figure meijigovernmentmeiji government traveled multiple times various countries europe studied western law governance early 1870 ito sent united states study western currency systems worked washington DC returned home 1871 named director tax division minister public works october 1871 named member upcoming iwakura mission europe united states iwakura mission stayed washington DC four months way chicago 3 during period ito okubo toshimichiToshiyoshimichimichi vice minister finance member mission returned japan haste retrieve forgotten items information then rejoined mission precisely ito okubo left washington DC return tokyo february 12 1872 order obtain additional official documents diet arrived japan article revised version presentation delivered chicago historical society september 5 2003 US japan intercourse 150 celebration 150th anniversary opening japan commodore matthew perry 1853 month later march 24 discussing diplomatic matters japanese officials departed yokohama may 17 arrived washington DC june 17 during time air travel did yet exist much missions time spent traveling place next during travels ito eventually visited chicago least four times 1885 ito became nations first prime minister founded cabinet system already mentioned great leadership japan developed country constitutionally based parliamentary government hi 1906 named chosen Sotokusotokufufu chokan resident general governor korea position held until resigned july 1909 october 26 year 4 ito assassinated harbin manchuria korean nationalist chung gun next visitor kuroda kiyotaka 184019001840 1900 man great talent bomborn satsuma domain kagoshima prefecture january 23 1870 came united states seven students including boy nineteen named yamakawa kenjiro yamakawa later graduated university michigan ann arbor later became president imperial university tokyo interesting note seventy two japanese students studied university michigan during sakumatsubakumatsuBakumatsu meiji periods 5 th kurodasKukuropasrodas first trip united states successful getting american expert general horace capron 6 consultant assist development hokkaidoHokkaido prefecture addition kuroda asked meiji government make possible promising girls study J united states expense commission colonization H 4 kaitakukaisaku shi time you imagine suggestion thought extremely crazy useless kurodasKukuropasrodas unusual vision confidently eventually selected following five girls join approximately 55 boys part iwakura mission tsuda ume just eight years old time later founded womens english institute known tsuda college greatly contributed education girls japan interesting side note sister married abiko kyutaro publisher japanese american rT BF J nichi bei well known japanese newspaper san francisco since 1899 nagai shige nine ten years old time eventually became teacher tokyo music college greatly contributed progress western music japan married uryu sotokichi high ranking army officer russo japanese war yamakawa sutematsu twelve years old time sister previously mentioned yamakawa kenjiro later married prince oyama commander chiefofthechief imperial army russo japanese war ueda sada yoshimasu ryo both 15 years old time mission 2 part mission niijima jo early first name shimeta eventually founded doshishaDoshisha university kyoto anjimannjimaniijima stowed away hakodateHakodate port disguised carpenter 1864 arrived united states july following year niijima highly instrumental mission translator interpreter returning again kuroda traveled united states europe june 1886 returned japan april following year during visit kuroda came chicago march 25 1887 via niagara falls while chicago visited palmer hotel city hall mercantile exchange stockyard met agent morimura cumigumi merchant new york city 1888 wrote book tour comprises three volumes number illustrations 7 kuroda eventually became prime minister japan 188818891888 1889 formed second cabinet japanese history ito third visitor became prime minister takahashi korekiyo 185419361854 1936 another japanese legend bomborn edo tokyo son artist served tokugawa shogunate takahashi adopted samurai sendal domain now miyagi prefecture began leamlearn english age I111I1 while servant yokohama 1867 domain sent him united states study however forced slave labor year west coast unable further education return next year united states takahashi served student houseboy shosei afeaeearmiarmeVRME mori arinoriArakinoriinori low ranking bureaucrat various government ministries mori eventually became first japanese ambassador washington DC first minister education mori educated england second marriage iwakurasIwakuras fifth daughter Decerndecember 17 until december 19 1885 takahashi visited chicago chicago stayed grand pacific hotel visited mercantile exchange stockyard 8 later 1887 takahashi became first chief patent office takahashi rose quickly banking industry economic financial theories respected worldwide equal those british economist john maynard keynes according scholars takahashi developed unique original economic theory before keynes publicized doctrine while keynes considered master economic theory takahashi said master financial economic policymakingpolicy making 19219211 takahashi became prime minister japan assassinated severest army critics february 26 accident 1936 governments fiscal policy grew even attuned militarysmilitarys plans national defense state 1212 asada eiji friends Chicachicagolandgoland asada eiji 186519141865 1914 bomborn may 1865 small town hanaokaofhanaoka yamaguchi prefecture southern part japan eldest son samurai family age six sent public school tokuyama four miles birthplace graduated july 1879 june 1883 graduated kyoto high school following spring entered first higher middle college tokyo completed science courses june 1887 having spent year department mathematics tokyo imperial university asada went united states order study theology linguistics september 1888 entered theological seminary northwestern university evanston graduated may 1891 degree DB while seminary became interested semitic studies old testament studies 1891921891 92 pursued same studies new york city union theological seminary columbia university october 1892 entered graduate school university chicago undertook further studies semitics old testament june 1893 asada received first phd degree ever awarded university chicago title dissertation hebrew text ofzechariahZechariah 181 8 compared different ancient 9 4n versions even today june 26 date degree bae awarded asada marked official university chicago calendar asada eiji day 10 upon returning japan having taught theological classes tokyo asada worked build foundations todays tokyo university foreign studies while serving member faculty member ministry education furthering steps toward development teaching english japan july 15 1899 appointed head teacher vice president instructed students great zeal ability helped them even private affairs loving care father never known stay away school except official duty required services elsewhere woke 530 every morning studied diligently each evening 700 pm 1000 pm addition professorship asada three official translators appointed
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