DescriptionMeiji Gakuin (明治学院) has its roots in the "Hepburn School" founded by James Curtis Hepburn in 1863 and the "Brown School" founded by Samuel Robbins Browns in 1873. It was brought to fruition in...
DescriptionIbuka Kajinosuke (井深梶之助) was born in Aizu in the final years of Tokugawa as a son of a samurai and fought in the Battle of Aizu. After the Meiji Restoration, he was sent to Yokohama to study...
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...