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This dissertation has been microfilmed exactly as received 67—16,349 YAMAMOTO, Masaya, 1929- IMAGE-MAKERS OF JAPAN; A CASE STUDY IN THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN PROTESTANT FOREIGN MISSIONARY MOVEMENT, 1859 - 1905. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1967 History, modern University Microfilms, Inc.. Ann Arbor, Michigan © -Mfisaya, Ymmmmnfn 1&67 All Rights Reserved IMAGE-MAKERS OF JAPAN: A CASE STUDY IN THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN PROTESTANT FOREIGN MISSIONARY MOVEMENT, 1859 - 1905 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Masaya Yamamoto, Bungakushi (B.A.), M.A. ****** The Ohio State University 1967 Approved by Adviser Department of History FOREWORD We present here a study of the image of Japan in the United States created by the American Protestant foreign missionary movement up to the close of the Russo- Japanese War in 1905. Aside from diplomatic and economic relations, the American Republic's main contact with the Mikado's Empire in the nineteenth century was through the missionary movement. Since this developed on a person-to- person basis, it covered a much wider range than did any other relationships. The Christian missionary enterprise in Japan was, and still is, dominated by American churches. Almost all Christian denominations in the United States have carried on evangelistic work in Nippon. Representatives of all Christian bodies operating in the Empire periodically wrote to their home boards, and their letters and reports were printed in their respective journals. These communications created a definite image of Japan in the minds of church members in the United States.
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