Updated SAS News on Our Seminar!
The updated SAS news on our seminar includes our virtual joint class with the Fukui University students: Despite Lockdown, Rutgers Students and their Japanese Counterparts Find Ways to Mark Historic … Read More
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Joint Class with the University of Fukui
Our seminar had a joint class with Professor Ryuhei Hosoya’s class at the University of Fukui on May 14th, 2020. An article on the joint class appeared in Fukui Newspaper … Read More
SAS Newsletter Article
We were featured on the SAS Newsletter! A Tragic Death and a Fateful Journey – How Rutgers and Japan Forged an Enduring Connection Written by John Chadwick | SAS Senior … Read More
K. Haraguchi
Transcription: July 14th, 1874 My dear teacher, I send you a shirt sketch of my life which you requested to write. It may not be so … Read More
Komura Jutaro
“My Autobiography” by Komura Jutaro I was born in a solidarity rural town, three years after the memorable visit of Commodore Perry. I had hardly breathed when the whole country … Read More
T. Okamura
“The Sketch of My Life” by T. Okamura Though the reign of Tokugawa is the one which continued peacefully for a long time, that is, for about two hundred years, … Read More
Essay by J. Matsumura
“Life of John” – J. Matsumura I was born at a small castle town called Sho-Ko in a province little north of the city of Tokyo. Though small it was … Read More
Essay by Takasu
The Sketch of My Life I was born on the ninth of July, 1856, in a castle town called Himenji in the province of Harima. In those days samurais in … Read More
N. Iriye
Sketch of My Life I was born in Uwajima, a town situated in the province of Iyo, on the southern part of the Shikoku Island. Uwajima is a small castled … Read More
Kusakabe Taro
Kusakabe Taro, born as Yagi Yasohachi, was a trailblazer who was the first Japanese student to graduate from Rutgers College in 1870. Taro was a samurai who came to the … Read More