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TitleGroup portrait of Kusakabe Tarō with the Yokoi brothers (Saheita and Daihei), in Western dress
Date Created1867
DescriptionPortrait of Kusakabe Tarō (日下部太郎) (right) with Yokoi Saheita (横井左平太) and Daihei (大平) wearing suits.
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TitlePortrait of Kusakabe Tarō
Date Created1867
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...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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TitleFuneral of Kusakabe Tarō, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Date Created1870
DescriptionKusakabe Tarō (Yagi Yasohachi) was the first Japanese student to go to Rutgers College, where he studied mathematics and the physical sciences. Kusakabe died prematurely from tuberculosis, two weeks...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)