Date Created1870

DescriptionTaro Kusakabe (Yasohachi Yagi) 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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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...

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