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Group portrait of the Rutgers College Class of 1889 football team featuring Matsukata Kōjirō. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QN677G
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Group portrait of the Rutgers College Class of 1889 football team featuring Matsukata Kōjirō. 1885. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QN677G

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TitleGroup portrait of the Rutgers College Class of 1889 football team featuring Matsukata Kōjirō
NameMatsukata, Kōjirō (Depicted)
Date Created1885
SubjectThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912), Football, Foreign study, Japanese students, Alumnae and alumni, Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912, New Brunswick (N.J.)--History--19th century, UNITED STATES, JAPAN, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Brunswick (N.J.), Matsukata, Kōjirō, 1865-1950, Rutgers College
DescriptionMatsukata Kōjirō son of Count Matsukata, entered Rutgers College in 1885 through the Rutgers College Grammar School. While at Rutgers College, he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and a member of the freshman football team, as pictured here. He went on to study at Yale and travel the world studying the practice of shipbuilding. Upon returning to Japan, he served as chairman of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Kobe House of Representatives. He married the daughter of Viscount Kuki in December of 1897. Kōjirō became president and owner of the Kawasaki Dockyard Company, one of the largest shipbuilding plants in the world. He served as secretary to his father during his term as Prime Minister of the Japanese Empire. Kōjirō's wealth enabled him to become a patron and a major collector of art from around the world.
NoteDigital images include the recto (front), the recto with identification, and the verso (back) of the original photograph.
NoteThis project was funded by a grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission.
GenrePhotographs, Portraits
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QN677G
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Type: Book
Name: Rutgers meets Japan: a trans-Pacific network of the late nineteenth century
Detail: This item is associated with Chapter 10 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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Type: Finding aid
Name: Inventory to the William Elliot Griffis Collection (East Asia), 1859-1928
Detail: The items in this record are part of the William Elliot Griffis Collection. A finding aid with information about the contents of the collection is available online.
CollectionEarly Japanese Students at Rutgers, Rutgers Meets Japan: A Digital Companion
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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