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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)

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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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TitleJapanese Section, Willow Grove Cemetery

Date Created1886

DescriptionThe Japanese section of Willow Grove Cemetery in New Brunswick, New Jersey, contains the plots of seven Japanese men and one baby girl buried between 1870 and 1886. This section began with the passing...

Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)