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This bookdiscloses the history of relations among members of the Quakers of Philadelphia and Japanese intellectuals, educators, and activists. Throughout the modern era, these ties, often between women, have transformed efforts for peace, equality, and women's rights in Japan and the United States.
List of contents
Part 1. Beginnings: "The Simple Fact of Our Being Friends"
Chapter 1: Early Quaker Missionary Activity and Japan
Thomas D. HammChapter 2: Transpacific Quaker Denominationalism: Quakerism from Philadelphia to Tokyo
Tetsuko TodaChapter 3: The Japan Peace Society and the British and American Quakers Who Supported It
Mitsuhiro SakaguchiPart 2. Partnerships: "More than the Courage to Despair"
Chapter 4: The Faith Life of Nitobe Inazo: A Legacy of Philadelphia Quakerism
Thomas W. BurkmanChapter 5: The Nitobes: A Quaker International Marriage
Steven Elkinton and Sharlie Conroy UshiodaChapter 6: Anna C. Hartshorne and Her Mission in Japan
Mieko KojimaChapter 7: "Toward Friendship with Japan": The American Friends Service Committee and Educational Diplomacy in the 1920s,
Allan W. AustinPart 3. Tides: "If You Can Stay, Do Stay"
Chapter 8: Edith Forsythe Sharpless in Wartime Japan, 1939-1943
Tetsuko TodaChapter 9: Esther Biddle Rhoads and Friends School in Tokyo
Mitsuo Otsu, translated by Louisa Hatanaka and Kazumi TeuneChapter 10: The Encounter with Non-Pastoral Quakerism
Tetsuko TodaPart 4. Occupations: "For Mutual Helpfulness"
Chapter 11: Elizabeth Gray Vining: A Philadelphia Quaker and the Education of the Japanese Imperial Crown Prince
Paul B. ReaganChapter 12: The Public Speeches of Elizabeth Gray Vining in Japan and the United States
Cynthia L. DaughertyChapter 13: Friends and the LARA Postwar Relief Efforts to Japan
Masako Iino
Chapter 14: Quaker Connections with Women's Educational Leadership in Japan
Tetsuko TodaPart 5. Futures: Archives "Bearing Witness"
Chapter 15: Philadelphia Quakers and Japan: Archival Sources in the Collections at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Susanna Koethe MorikawaChapter 16: Quakers and Japan: Archival and Manuscript Materials at Haverford College
Sarah M. Horowitz
Chapter 17: A Brief History of American Friends Service Committee Work on Behalf of Japan and the Japanese People
Donald Davis
About the author
Linda H. Chance is associate professor of Japanese studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul B. Reagan is an independent scholar and historian of modern Japan and international relations. Tetsuko Toda is a project researcher of Quaker history in Japan at Tsuda University.Linda H. Chance is associate professor of Japanese studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul B. Reagan is an independent scholar and historian of modern Japan and international relations. Tetsuko Toda is a project researcher of Quaker history in Japan at Tsuda University.Tetsuko Toda is a project researcher of Quaker history in Japan at Tsuda University.
Summary
This bookdiscloses the history of relations among members of the Quakers of Philadelphia and Japanese intellectuals, educators, and activists. Throughout the modern era, these ties, often between women, have transformed efforts for peace, equality, and women’s rights in Japan and the United States.
