People – Page 4 – Rutgers Meets Japan: Early Encounters

Komai Shigetada

January 30, 2020 | By Shannon L. Hiner | Japanese Students

Komai Shigetada was a samurai of Kuwana and a retainer of Matsudaira Tadanari. He went to Rutgers College in 1874. However, Komai returned to Japan before graduation. In returning to … Read More

Shiramine Shumme

January 30, 2020 | By Shannon L. Hiner | Japanese Students

As a child, Shiramine Shumme possessed the surname of Uzawa until it was changed at the age of 6. He was a samurai of Nagaoka in Echigo and was sent … Read More

Hatakeyama Yoshinari

January 30, 2020 | By Priya Agarwal | Japanese Students

The political climate in Japan in the mid-1800s was tumultuous. Japan had for hundreds of years remained closed off to the outside world. However, in 1854 when Commodore Matthew Perry … Read More

Iwakura Brothers

January 30, 2020 | By Evan M. Feldman | Japanese Students,People

Iwakura Tats and Iwakura Asahi were well-born Japanese brothers who were sent by their father, Prime Minister Iwakura Tomomi, to study at Rutgers College in 1870. The brothers’ arrival to … Read More