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Meiji at 150

Janice Nimura Nimura, Janice; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Janice Nimura recounts the remarkable story of the women of the Iwakura Mission, three young girls sent to America in 1872 for a decade to learn about Western culture. We discuss the background of the women’s presence on the Mission, the women’s experiences in the US as seen in diaries and personal correspondence, and the lives they led and impact they had in Japan upon their return.

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Title
Janice Nimura
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 89
Creator
Nimura, Janice; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2019-01-25
Description
In this episode, Janice Nimura recounts the remarkable story of the women of the Iwakura Mission, three young girls sent to America in 1872 for a decade to learn about Western culture. We discuss the background of the women’s presence on the Mission, the women’s experiences in the US as seen in diaries and personal correspondence, and the lives they led and impact they had in Japan upon their return.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; Iwakura Mission; female writers
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415982
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81975
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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