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'''Kwan-Ichi Asakawa''' or '''Kan-Ichi Asakawa''' (December 20, 1873 – August 10, 1948) was |
'''Kwan-Ichi Asakawa''' or '''Kan-Ichi Asakawa''' (December 20, 1873 – August 10, 1948) was a university professor and author of works on [[Japan]]. He was born at [[Nihonmatsu|Nihonmatsu, Japan]], and educated at the [[Asaka High School|Fukushima-ken Jinjo Middle School]], [[Waseda University]] [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]], [[Dartmouth College]], and [[Yale University]]. He received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Yale University]] in 1902. He became the first Japanese [[professor]] at a major [[university]] in the [[United States]]. |
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He lectured at Dartmouth College in 1902; was professor at Waseda University (1906-07); instructor at Yale University (1907-10); and became an assistant professor at Yale University in 1910. He carried on special investigations in Japan, 1906-07 and 1917-19. He became a professor at [[Yale University]] in 1937. Professor Asakawa was author of many works on Japan of sound dispassionate scholarship. |
He lectured at Dartmouth College in 1902; was professor at Waseda University (1906-07); instructor at Yale University (1907-10); and became an assistant professor at Yale University in 1910. He carried on special investigations in Japan, 1906-07 and 1917-19. He became a professor at [[Yale University]] in 1937. Professor Asakawa was author of many works on Japan of sound dispassionate scholarship. |
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Revision as of 18:07, 12 January 2010
Template:Japanese name Kwan-Ichi Asakawa or Kan-Ichi Asakawa (December 20, 1873 – August 10, 1948) was a university professor and author of works on Japan. He was born at Nihonmatsu, Japan, and educated at the Fukushima-ken Jinjo Middle School, Waseda University Tokyo, Japan, Dartmouth College, and Yale University. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1902. He became the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United States.
He lectured at Dartmouth College in 1902; was professor at Waseda University (1906-07); instructor at Yale University (1907-10); and became an assistant professor at Yale University in 1910. He carried on special investigations in Japan, 1906-07 and 1917-19. He became a professor at Yale University in 1937. Professor Asakawa was author of many works on Japan of sound dispassionate scholarship.
He dedicated himself to serving as a bridge between the United States and Japan to promote amicable relations.
Some of his remains are interred at Kanairo cemetery at his hometown of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Japan, and others are interred at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut.
Every summer, Dartmouth students who are studying Japanese abroad in Japan take a trip to Asakawa's hometown of Nihonmatsu, and pay homage by visiting both the high school where he studied, and his grave site.
In 2007 the Asakawa garden in Saybrook College, designed by Shinichiro Abe, was dedicated to mark the centennial of Asakawa's appointment as an instructor of history at Yale.
Works
He wrote: The Early Institutional Life of Japan (1903); The Russo-Japanese Conflict: Its Causes and Issues (1904); The Origin of Feudal Land-Tenure in Japan (1914), and Some Aspects of Japanese Feudal Institutions (1918). His works also included contributions to the publications Japan edited by Capt. F. Brinkley (1904); the History of Nations Series (1907); China and the Far East (1910); Japan and Japanese-American Relations (1912); Hugh G. Rection (1913) also Finger McHunt (1915) and The Pacific Ocean in History (1917).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
- Tohru Takeda "Kan'ichi Asakawa - Who Worked For World Peace ". Sakyo Takaishi, JPS Inc. (June 1, 2007). ISBN 978-4884695187