| TITLE: |
Samurai and silk : Japanese and American heritage / Haru Matsukata Reischauer. |
| AUTHOR: |
Reischauer, Haru Matsukata, 1915-1998. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
ix, 371 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Reischauer, wife of a noted Japanese historian and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, tells the story of her two grandfathers: |
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the famous Meiji statesman Matsukata Masayoshi, whose stringent financial policies are credited with steering Japan safely through its first economic crisis, |
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and Arai Rioichiro, who helped develop Japan's silk exports to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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Their lives,inextricably interwoven with modern Japanese history, are vividly presented, |
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along with fascinating glimpses of the family life of Japan's upper class in this period. |
| NOTES: |
Matsukata Masayoshi -- Rioichiro Arai -- Descendants and Relatives. |
| SUBJECT: |
Matsukata, Masayoshi, 1835-1924. |
| SUBJECT: |
Arai, Ryo¯ichiro¯, 1855-1939. |
| SUBJECT: |
Matsukata family. |
| SUBJECT: |
Arai family. |
| SUBJECT: |
Statesmen --Japan--Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Businesspeople --United States --Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
aJapanese--United States--Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Japanese --United States--Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Japan. |
| SUBJECT: |
United States. |
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