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TitlePortrait of Soogiwoora Kozo (Hatakeyama Yoshinari) in traditional dress

Date Created1874

DescriptionSoogiwoora Kozo ((杉浦弘蔵) was born Hatakeyama Yoshinari (畠山義成) in Kagoshima, Japan. He left Japan under an assumed name and entered Rutgers College in 1867, graduating in 1871. Upon his...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)

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TitlePortrait of Soogiwoora Kozo (Hatakeyama Yoshinari) in Western dress

Date Created1874

DescriptionSoogiwoora Kozo (杉浦弘蔵) was born Hatakeyama Yoshinari (畠山義成) in Kagoshima, Japan. He left Japan under an assumed name and entered Rutgers College in 1867, graduating in 1871. Upon his...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)

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TitleGroup portrait of ten Japanese students at Rutgers College and Grammar School

Date Created1870-04-19

DescriptionGroup photograph of some of the earliest Japanese students studying at Rutgers College and Grammar School. The inscription on the right indicates that the photograph was taken on April 19, 1870, and...

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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)

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TitleGroup portrait of eighteen Japanese students at Rutgers College and Grammar School

Date Created1871

DescriptionGroup photograph of some of the earliest Japanese students in Rutgers College and Grammar School. The note on the back identifies the students as: 1. Soogano [Sugano Kakubē], 2. Nara [Nara Shinshi...