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Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey From East to West and Back

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by Janice P. Nimura

Bradley & Rulofson, 78

  Breed, Alice Ives, 249

  British Museum, 253

  Bruce (Alice’s dog), 213

  Bryant, William Cullen, 117–18

  Bryn Mawr College, 226, 227, 228–29, 230, 234, 240, 241, 246, 250, 258, 261, 274

  Byakkotai, 36, 282n

  California, 56–57, 69, 80, 149

  Chinese laborers in, 74, 75, 149–50

  gold rush in, 76

  California, University of, 149

  Cape Horn, 83

  Carnegie Foundation for International Peace, 275

  Carrie (Sutematsu’s classmate), 110

  Carrington, Kate, 111

  Carrington, Sarah, 111

  Centennial Exhibition, 121–24

  Chamberlin, Rose, 228

  charity, 110, 200–202, 258

  Charter Oath, 44–45, 47, 53

  Cheltenham Ladies’ College, 251

  Cheyenne, Wyo., 148–49

  Cheyenne Opera House, 148

  Chiarini, Giuseppe, 209

  Chicago, Ill., 80, 85, 86–88, 147, 288n

  Chicago Record, 247–48

  Chicago Tribune, 87, 88, 142

  China, Chinese, 28

  American labor of, 74, 75, 102, 150

  appearance of, 75

  Christian influence feared by, 140

  Japanese trade with, 27

  Japanese vs., 74–75

  laborers’ return to, 152–53

  military of, 238

  in Opium Wars, 27

  in San Francisco, 149–50

  Sino-Japanese War and, 236–38, 239, 269

  study abroad of, 100, 103, 111, 123

  as uncivilized, 238

  Chinese Educational Mission, 100, 111, 123

  Chinese Exclusion Act, 150

  Chinese immigration, 150

  Choshu domain, 33, 39, 40, 41

  Christianity, 115, 153, 170, 226, 238

  Chinese feared influence of, 140

  as illegal in Japan, 27, 104, 105

  Iwakura girls and, 102, 103–4, 114, 120–21, 153

  in Japan, 165, 168

  Tsuda family and, 165, 188

  Western strength and, 120

  Chugai Bukka Shimpo, 202

  Civil War, U.S., 91, 109, 113, 145, 150, 184

  Classic of Filial Piety, 25

  Colebrook, Conn., 111, 116, 117, 140, 145

  Committee to Help Miss Tsuda’s School in Japan, 257

  concubinage, 248

  Confucianism, 23, 25, 33, 39, 99, 110, 186, 259

  education and, 25, 186, 187, 229

  hierarchy and, 23, 27, 99, 229

  obedience and, 25, 99, 229, 240; see also obedience

  women and, 23, 25, 240, 260

  Congregationalism, 102

  Connecticut, 100, 101, 103–15, 145–47

  Connecticut Board of Education, 100

  Connecticut Training School for Nurses, 145–46, 200, 242

  Cornell University, 171

  corsets, 286n

  Daily National Republican, 117

  daimyo, 21

  alternate attendance required of, 22

  domain abolishment and, 41

  expenses of, 22

  trading treaties and, 31

  Daughter of the Samurai, A (Sugimoto), 7, 13, 67, 159

  Davis, J. D., 147, 148, 152

  Davis, Mrs., 147, 148, 152, 153

  Deephaven, 255, 274

  Dejima, 27

  DeLong, Charles, 47, 69–70, 72, 74, 84, 90, 285n

  DeLong, Elida Vineyard, 47, 56, 62, 70, 71, 73, 78, 81, 87, 90

  Denver, Colo., General Federation of Women’s Clubs convention in, 249–50

  Dickens, Charles, 110, 147

  divorce laws, 248

  dolls, 26, 34, 222

  domains, 23

  abolishment of, 41

  as reorganized into prefectures, 155

  rivalries among, 23, 33, 39, 41

  schools of, 24; see also Nisshinkan

  see also specific domains

  Drake, John B., 288n

  Dreaming Iolanthe, The, 122

  Dutch learning, 28, 31

  Edo, see Tokyo

  Edo Castle, 33, 60, 217

  education, 26, 57, 185–86

  in Aizu domain, 24–25, 39–40

  Confucianism and, 25, 186, 187, 229

  in Great Britain, 251

  during Meiji era, 163, 178, 185–86, 188, 190, 193, 199, 210–11, 229–30, 234–35, 247–48, 257, 269–70

  morality as primary focus of, 186

  for women/girls, 17, 44, 55–56, 57, 81, 113, 128, 145, 163, 170, 178, 187, 188, 190, 193, 199, 210–11, 231, 234–35, 247–50, 257, 259, 260, 269–70, 271, 272–73

  see also Iwakura Mission, girls of; study abroad; specific schools

  education, American, 254

  of Iwakura Mission, 109–10, 112, 117, 124–25, 127, 128, 129, 131, 135, 138, 139–40, 141–43, 147

  for women and girls, 44, 128; see also specific schools

  “Education and Culture—What Japanese Women Want Now” (U. Tsuda), 230

  emancipation, 92

  Emerson’s Minstrels, 77

  Empress of China, 253

  English Student, The, 261

  English Teachers’ Certificate, 247, 263

  “Errand-Bearers, The” (Whitman), 46

  Essentials of the Principles and Practice of Medicine (Hartshorne), 246

  Europe, 31, 39–40

  colonization and, 27, 236

  Evening Critic, 147

  Evening Star, 89, 93, 97

  Ezo, see Hokkaido

  Fairmount Park, Pa., 122

  Far East, 248, 249

  Fillmore, Millard, 29

  Finance Ministry, Japanese, 61, 62

  First Unitarian Church, 81

  Fish, Hamilton, 79, 97

  France, 30, 236, 239

  Franco-Prussian War, 110

  Franklin, Benjamin, 223, 230

  freed slaves, 102, 109

  Fukuchi, Gen’ichiro, 62–63

  Fukui, Makoto, 124

  Fukuzawa, Yukichi, 39–40, 46, 112

  Fundamental Code of Education, 185

  Gaiyukai, 269

  geisha, 180n, 185, 193, 202

  General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 249–50

  Geneva, 177

  Georgetown, Wash. D.C., 90, 104, 115, 118, 120–21, 124, 147, 148, 166, 188, 189, 194, 197, 203, 205, 241, 255, 272

  Georgetown Collegiate Institute, 117

  Germany, 239

  Gilbert, W. S., 208

  Gilded Age, 91

  Gilded Age, The (Twain & Warner), 92

  Girls’ Higher School Law, 257

  Gleaner, 127

  gold rush, 76

  Grand Hotel, 71–72, 76, 78, 80, 83, 104, 166

  Grant, Ulysses S., 83, 84, 91, 93, 123, 184–85, 186, 188, 264

  Great Britain, 27, 42, 50, 209, 236

  education in, 251

  Japanese trade with, 30

  Japanese visits to, 80

  Ume’s trip to, 250–52

  Great Chicago Fire, 87, 288n

  “Greater Learning for Women,” 187

  Great Kanto Earthquake (1923), 275

  “Great Principles of Education” (Nagazane Motoda), 186

  Grove Hall Seminary, 109–10

  “Hail Columbia,” 73, 122

  Hakodate, 47, 48, 49, 60

  Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, 109, 176, 211, 214, 228, 231, 240, 255, 274

  Handbook of Nursing for Family and General Use, A (G. Bacon), 145

  Handel, George Frideric, 125

  Harper’s Weekly, 78

  Hartshorne, Anna Cope, 228, 234, 246–47, 250, 257, 266, 269, 275–76

  Hartshorne, Henry, 246

  Haru, Crown Prince, 218

  see also Yoshihito, Taisho Emperor of Japan

  Haruko, Meiji Empress of Japan, 16–17, 51, 52, 99, 107, 128, 191, 194, 198–99, 219, 232, 255–56, 271


  adopted son of, 218n

  birthday of, 262

  charity work of, 237

  death of, 272

  Peeresses’ School and, 199, 205–6, 220–22, 223

  as trapped by traditions, 198

  Western-style clothing for, 220

  Harvard’s Examinations for Women, 247

  Harvard University, 129, 144–45, 261

  Hawaii, 236

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 112

  Hayama, 246

  Haydn, Joseph, 125

  Hayes, Mrs. Rutherford B., 138

  Haynes & Lawton, 78

  Hemmings, Anita Florence, 293n

  Hepburn, James Curtis, 288n

  Hepburn, Mrs., 91, 288n

  Hepburn family, 95

  Heusken, Henry, 30

  Hillhouse High School, 112, 124–25, 127

  Hillhouse Society, 110

  hinamatsuri (Doll Festival), 26, 34

  Hiratsuka, Raicho, 272

  Hiscock, Helen, 132

  Hitotsuyanagi, Makiko, 274, 275

  Hokkaido (Ezo), 27, 43, 47

  Hokkaido Colonization Board, 43, 47, 49, 61, 104, 169

  Honshu, 33, 38

  Hoterukan, 119–20

  Hototogisu (Roka Tokutomi), 243

  Howe, Julia Ward, 131

  Howells, William Dean, 122–23

  hyaku monogatari (hundred tales), 20–21

  Imperial Army, 170

  Imperial Diet, 218–20, 271

  Imperial Household Ministry, 204

  imperialism, 236

  Imperial Naval Academy, 115

  Imperial Palace, 15, 51, 162, 217–18, 261

  Imperial Rescript on Education, 229–30, 259

  Indochina, 236

  influenza, 242, 275

  Inoue, Kaoru, 191, 198

  “Instructions for the Very Young,” 25

  Invitation to the Dance (Weber), 276

  Irwin, Robert, 168

  “Is Labor a Blessing or a Curse?” (U. Tsuda), 197

  Ito, Hirobumi, 47, 62–63, 64, 80, 85, 89, 93, 97, 192–93, 194, 197, 198–99, 200, 204, 209, 210, 219, 240, 252

  Ito, Miss, 193, 194, 197, 203

  Ito, Mrs., 193, 194, 197, 200, 201

  Ito residence, 192, 194, 196, 203

  Iwakura, Tomomi, 45, 46, 58, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79–80, 84–85, 89, 92, 93, 97, 143

  Chicago donation given by, 87

  sons of, 79–80, 87–88

  Iwakura Mission, 17, 46–47, 55, 100, 137, 177, 219, 220, 272, 284n

  American music and, 73–74

  Americans’ interest in, 78–79, 86

  in Chicago, 86–88

  crossing of U.S. by, 82–88

  departure of, 58–59, 184

  and first impressions of U.S., 71–72

  ocean voyage of, 59–60, 61–63, 192

  purpose of, 59, 73, 93, 97

  racially polarized U.S. and, 92

  reunion of, 263–64

  in Sacramento, 82–83

  in Salt Lake City, 84–85, 192

  in San Francisco, 69–82

  scribe for, see Kume, Kunitake

  sitting and, 72, 73

  theater attended by, 76–77

  U.S. arrival of, 69

  in Washington, D.C., 88–91, 185

  Iwakura Mission, ambassadors of, 70, 86, 143

  as ambitious, 63

  Grant’s reception for, 91, 92–93, 184

  international travels of, 97–98

  tours and entertainments for, 76–77, 78–79

  Western-style suits of, 57, 75

  wives not brought along by, 56

  Iwakura Mission, girls of, 47, 48, 49–50, 59, 89, 95, 208, 268, 273

  African Americans and, 77

  American education of, 99, 109–10, 112, 117, 124–25, 127, 128, 129, 131, 135, 138, 139–40, 141–43, 147

  American food and, 82

  American women and, 78

  appearance of, 15–16, 70, 86–87, 121

  chaperone for travels of, see DeLong, Elida Vineyard

  Christianity and, 102, 103–4, 114, 120–21, 153

  Connecticut Avenue house of, 95–96, 98, 104

  departure of, 56

  education as purpose of, 17, 48, 51, 89, 93

  English learned by, 95, 107, 112, 185

  English not spoken by, 77, 95, 112

  as indebted to Japan, 167, 176, 187–88, 194, 199, 207, 268

  isolation of, 77, 82, 86, 87

  Japanese spoken by, 98

  Japanese-style dress of, 15–16, 50–51, 70, 77, 85, 86

  in journey back to western U.S., 147–48

  in journey to eastern U.S., 82, 85, 88

  lack of preparation for, 57

  as left behind in America, 98

  as looked after by Lanmans, 90, 94, 98, 99, 123, 126, 134–35, 147

  loss of Japanese identity by, 110, 116, 117, 153

  Mori as guardian of, 98, 99–101, 105

  neighborhood children and, 94

  in ocean voyage from U.S., 151–53, 156–57

  in ocean voyage to U.S., 59, 61–64, 192

  photographs of, 13, 52–53, 67, 78, 121

  piano lessons of, 95

  recruitment of, 47–50, 53, 61

  Ryo and Tei’s return home and, 101, 104

  as samurai daughters, 50

  separation of, 100, 104, 107

  stipends for host families of, 103

  as subject of newspapers, 53–54

  theater attended by, 77–78

  Western-style clothing for, 77, 87, 89, 93–94, 97, 104

  see also Oyama, Sutematsu Yamakawa; Tsuda, Ume; Ueda, Tei; Uriu, Shige Nagai; Yoshimasu, Ryo

  Japan, Edo-era (1603–1868):

  Christianity declared illegal in, 27

  coastal batteries of, 29

  commoners in, 28

  economy in, 21

  guns and gunsmithing as viewed in, 29

  martial hierarchy in, 21–22, 23

  trade within, 22

  understanding of West lacked by, 31, 45

  unequal trade agreements in, 30–31, 45

  weapons in, 29

  Westerners as viewed in, 30–31

  xenophobia of, 27, 42

  see also Tokugawa shogunate

  Japan, Japanese, 11

  American occupation of, 81

  American trade with, 28, 30, 73

  British and, 30, 50

  charity and, 110, 200–202, 237–38, 258

  China/Chinese and, 27, 28, 74–75

  Christianity in, 165, 168

  customs/etiquette of, 72, 73, 154, 163–64, 165, 167, 168, 187, 195–96, 205, 214, 222, 223

  Dutch and, 24, 27, 28, 30, 52

  extreme topography of, 23

  foreign commerce as viewed in, 27–30, 48

  as global power, 270, 272

  Great Kanto Earthquake in (1923), 275

  marriage and, 167, 171, 172, 179, 248

  obedience as important in, 25, 37, 43, 48, 128, 171, 186, 240

  in racially polarized U.S., 92

  Russia and, 27, 30

  samurai population in, 21

  schools for girls in, 12, 17, 163, 188, 190, 193, 199, 210–11, 257, 269–70; see also specific schools

  suffrage in, 81

  superstitions about photography in, 52

  women and girls in, see women and girls

  World War I and, 275

  Japan, Meiji-era (1868–1912), 11–12, 42

  American missionaries in, 189–90

  appearance/dress of girls in, 15–16, 50–51

  Boshin War in, 34–38

  cholera epidemic in, 208, 215

  Christianity banned in, 104, 105

  as civilized nation, 40, 44

  conversion to Christianity in, 153, 165, 188

  education in, 163, 178, 185–86, 188, 190, 193, 199, 210–11, 229–30, 234–35, 247–48, 257, 260, 269–70

  end of, 271

  enlightenment as goal for, 55–56,
102, 153, 186, 198, 236, 239

  exile of Aizu domain in, 38–39

  Hoterukan and, 119–20

  Imperial Diet of, 218–20

  Iwakura Mission of, see Iwakura Mission

  journalism in, 53–54, 62, 202, 209

  Korea and, 236–37, 270

  marriage and divorce laws in, 248

  men’s Western-style clothing in, 17, 42, 57, 75

  military in, 237–38

  modernization and reform efforts of, 48, 52, 53–54, 80–81, 100, 106, 183–85, 236

  National Exhibition in, 184

  national security and, 236

  Normanton incident and, 209

  patriotism in, 238–39, 257, 270

  railway built in, 50, 162

  reaction to Japanese Girls and Women in, 229

  revival of conservative traditions in, 186–87, 229, 247, 248

  Russia and, 239, 270

  Russo-Japanese War (1904–5) and, 270

  samurai class abolished in, 155

  Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) and, 236–40, 257, 269

  and travels to America and, 43–44, 46–47

  Western agriculture and, 120

  Westernization and, 43, 44–45, 48, 75, 183–84, 185, 186–87, 247

  women’s personal grooming during, 17

  Japanese Girls and Women (A. M. Bacon and U. Tsuda), 228–29, 230, 231–32

  Japanese Interior, A (A. M. Bacon), 12, 230

  Japanese mythology, 21

  “Japanning,” 154n

  Japan Weekly Mail, 224, 234–35, 261

  Japonisme, 78

  jinrikishas, 50, 161, 162, 182, 190, 194, 201, 211

  JOAK (radio station), 276

  Joshi Eigaku Juku, see Tsuda College

  Kaga domain, 115

  Kagoshima, 42, 184

  Kaigan Jogakko, 190

  Kamakura, 269

  Kanda, Naibu, 173, 174–75, 189

  Kawamura, Kiyo, 118

  Keller, Helen, 250

  Kido, Takayoshi, 47, 53–54

  kimonos, 50–51, 77, 85, 164, 165, 168

  Koishikawa, 60

  Kokubunji, 277

  Kokumin no tomo, 239

  Korea, 27, 236–37, 270

  Kume, Kunitake, 47, 59, 62, 65, 69, 71–72, 74, 79, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89

  Kuroda, Kiyotaka, 42–44, 45, 47, 48, 99, 169–70, 219

  Kyoto, 21, 23, 31, 51, 212, 223, 272

  Kyushu, 33

  Ladies’ Volunteer Nursing Association, 237

  Lagler, Miss, 95

  Lanman, Adeline, 97

  death of, 272, 275

  home of, 90–91, 117, 138

  Iwakura girls looked after by, 90, 94, 96, 123, 126, 134–35, 147

  as lavish, 116

  Shige and, 126, 134, 139, 189, 204

  Sutematsu and, 126, 134–35, 138

  Ume’s correspondence with, 153, 156, 161, 164–65, 167, 170–71, 173–74, 180–82, 187–88, 190–93, 198, 200, 204–5, 207, 208–10, 213, 225–27, 241, 244, 249, 253, 255–57, 262–65, 268, 269

  as Ume’s foster mother, 94, 101, 104–5, 116, 117, 189, 197

  Ume’s notes written to, in U.S., 104, 116, 119, 135–36, 149, 151

 

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