DescriptionIwakura Tomosada (岩倉具定; Asahi (旭)), son of Iwakura Tomomi (岩倉具視), studied under Guido Verbeck in Nagasaki, then departed for the United States in 1870, together with his brother, Tomotsune (具経; Tats (龍)), and accompanied by Orita Hikoichi (折田彦市), Hattori Ichizō (服部一三), and Yamamoto Jūsuke (山本重輔). Upon arrival in New Brunswick, he enrolled in the Rutgers Grammar School for two years. In May of 1872, Tomosada fell ill and returned to Japan after making stops in Philadelphia and Washington DC.
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Name: Rutgers meets Japan: a trans-Pacific network of the late nineteenth century
Detail: This item is associated with Chapter 11 in Rutgers Meets Japan: A Trans-Pacific Network of the Late Nineteenth Century, edited by Haruko Wakabayashi and Fernanda Perrone (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2026).
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Name: Inventory to the William Elliot Griffis Collection (East Asia), 1859-1928
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CollectionRutgers Meets Japan: A Digital Companion
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