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Japanese Christians in Chicago
Chapter 3: Misaki Shimazu and the JYMCI
The Japanese YMCA that Shimazu had taken over in 1908 had yet to realize its mission, which was to …

Takako Day • Aug. 1, 2021

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Chicago Illinois Japanese Christians Misaki Shimazu United States
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Japanese Christians in Chicago
Chapter 2: Misaki Shimazu — Birth of the Japanese Christian Community in Chicago
According to Misaki Shimazu, there were four stages of activity among the Japanese Christians in Ch…

Takako Day • July 25, 2021

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Chicago Christianity Christians Illinois Misaki Shimazu United States
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Japanese Christians in Chicago
Chapter 1: Introduction
It is well known that prewar Chicago had no “Japan town.” Was it simply because the Jap…

Takako Day • July 18, 2021

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Buddhism Chicago Christianity Christians generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese migration religion religions United States
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Kaku Sudo: The First Japanese-American Female Physician - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Visit to America Kaku Sudo, Hana Abe, and Dr. Kelsey set out for America fro…

Toshihide Hirose • April 12, 2021

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Aomori (city) Aomori Prefecture Christianity Christians Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kaku Sudo migration physicians United States women Yokohama Kyoritsu Women’s School
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Kaku Sudo: The First Japanese-American Female Physician - Part 1
In October 2011, I received an email from Mr. Rysuke Kawai, who is a famous non-fiction writer and …

Toshihide Hirose • April 11, 2021

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Aomori (city) Aomori Prefecture Christianity Christians Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kaku Sudo migration physicians United States women Yokohama Kyoritsu Women’s School
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Laying Down the Law of Love: The 1936 American Tour of Toyohiko Kagawa
It was the middle of December 1935. The Nippon Yusen liner Asama Maru had just concluded a fourteen…

Greg Robinson +1 • March 12, 2021

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authors Evangelicalism social reformers writers
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This, I Think, They Deserve to Have: The Ministry and Advocacy of Rev. Mineo Katagiri for Gay and Marginalized People - Part 1
More than half a century ago, Mineo Katagiri, a Nisei minister in Seattle, publicly championed th…

Stan Yogi • June 24, 2020

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activism Christianity Christians clergy gays generations Hawaii Mineo Katagiri Nisei Religious leaders Seattle social action United States Washington
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The Matsudaira Family of Seattle
For Japanese people, the family name Matsudaira immediately brings a connection to the Tokugawa Sho…

Yuriko Ogawa • Feb. 5, 2020

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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909, Wash.) Christianity families Matsudaira family Seattle Tokugawa family United States Washington
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909, Wash.) Christianity families Matsudaira family Seattle Tokugawa family United States Washington
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Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Hisa Nagano and Natsu Sakaki In June 1886, Mary Clement Leavitt, the first r…

Takako Day • Dec. 7, 2018

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Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
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Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 1
According to The Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago “has been and remains a world-class religio…

Takako Day • Dec. 6, 2018

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Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
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