DescriptionThe Methodist Chapel in Fukui. This photograph may be that of the Japan Methodist Fukui Lecture Hall (Nihon Mesojisuto Fukui Kōgisho (日本メソジスト福井講義所)) founded in 1891 by Daniel...
DescriptionGriffis departed from Japan in 1874, and did not return until in 1926. He returned to Japan as an honored guest with his wife, Frances. At this time he was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun...
DescriptionDavid Murray was born in Bovina, New York, in October 1830. He went to Union College of New York and graduated in 1849. He became a professor at Rutgers College in 1857 teaching mathematics,...
DescriptionA memorial service for David Murray held by representatives of the Japanese government at his grave on February 21, 1910. The service was attended by (from left to right) Baron Kikuchi Dairoku...
DescriptionIwakura Tomosada (岩倉具定; Asahi (旭)), son of Iwakura Tomomi (岩倉具視), studied under Guido Verbeck in Nagasaki, then departed for the United States in 1870, together with his brother,...