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,...
DescriptionMargaret Clark Griffis, older sister of William E. Griffis, ventured to Japan in 1872 at the request of her brother. In Japan, she taught and became the princeipal of Tokyo Government Girls' School...
DescriptionSamuel R. Brown was one of the first three Reformed Church missionaries sent to Japan in 1859. first taught at the Yokohama Academy (Eigakusho, 英学所), a language school for customs officials and...
DescriptionWilliam E. Grffis with his first science class at Kaisei Gakkō (開成学校) in 1872. Griffis's note at the top identifies one of his students as Komura Jutarō (小村寿太郎), or "Baron" and...
DescriptionPortrait of Tomita Tetsunosuke (富田鐡之助) (seated) and Takaki Saburō (高木三郎) (standing). Tomita and Takaki were Katsu Kaishū (勝海舟)'s mentees and were selected by Katsu to...
DescriptionPortrait of Takaki Samro (Takaki Saburō, 高木三郎) in a suit. Takaki traveled alongside Tomita Tetsunosuke (富田鐡之助) as Katsu Koroku (勝小鹿)'s guardians to New Brunswick, New Jersey,...