DescriptionKusakabe Tarō (日下部太郎; born as Yagi Yasohachi) was the first student from Fukui, Echizen, Japan to come to America, as a student of Reverend Edward T. Corwin of Millstone, New Jersey. He was the first Japanese student to go to Rutgers College, where he studied mathematics and the physical sciences. Kusakabe died prematurely two weeks before his intended graduation as a member of the class of 1870. His degree was awarded posthumously. He was the first Japanese student to graduate from an American college.
Name: Inventory to the William Elliot Griffis Collection (East Asia), 1859-1928
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CollectionEarly Japanese Students at Rutgers
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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