Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey From East to West and Back (43 page)

200
  Tokyo’s Charity Hospital: “Our Roots—To Serve the Suffering Poor,” The Jikei University
School of Medicine, 2004, http://www.jikei.ac.jp/eng/our.html.

200
  “You don’t know what an undertaking”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, April 5, 1884, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 147–50.

200
  Their handicrafts: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, June 15, 1884, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 160–63.

201
  “These were made for the occasion”: Ibid.

201
  Ume helped Mrs. Ito: “Notes,”
Japan Weekly Mail
, June 14, 1884.

201
  “they urged the people to buy”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, June 15, 1884, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 160–63.

201
  “It is a matter for universal admiration”: “The Opening of the Charity Bazaar,”
Japan Weekly Mail
, June 14, 1884. (Translated from
Mainichi & Choya Shimbun
.)

202
  “was neither refined, elegant”: “Notes,”
Japan Weekly Mail
, June 28, 1884.

202
  “We have a very sincere admiration”: Ibid.

202
  
The
Chugai Bukka Shimpo
: Ibid.

202
  “I must say she began early”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, July 17, 1884, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 166.

203
  “At such a time”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, June 23, 1884, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 163–65.

203
  “On the whole, I am glad”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, December 21, 1884, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 171–72.

204
  “‘accompanied by a relative’”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 25, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 219–22.

204
  “We had quite a grand dinner”: Ibid.

204
  “I have such a nice desk here”: Ibid.

205
  “I know just how I ought to do”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 10, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 229–30.

205
  gold brocade gown: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 15, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 218–19.

205
  “My dress really did look nice”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 20, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 230–32.

205
  “I did not know what to do”: Ibid.

206
  “a very empty title”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, July 14, 1884, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 165–66.

206
  “After the music ceased”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 20, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 230–32.

206
  “We consider women’s duty”: Miki Yamaguchi, “The Education of Peeresses in Japan,”
Far East
, January 20, 1898, 406.

207
  “So they asked me
privately
”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 9, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 227–28.

12:  
ALICE IN TOKYO

208
  “as very few of the better classes catch it”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, August 9, 1886, in
Yoshiko Furuki, ed.,
The Attic Letters: Ume Tsuda’s Correspondence to Her American Mother
(New York: Weatherhill, 1991), 257.

208
  Ryo Yoshimasu: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 10, 1886, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 260–61.

209
  “Just suppose, if on the Japanese stage”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 23, 1886, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 263.

209
  “I send you a newspaper”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 23, 1886, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 268–69.

209
  “old Emperors waltzing”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, April 22, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 283–85.

209
  “The fancy ball made a great stir”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, May 1, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 285.

210
  “I love to think of you two”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, January 29, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 276–77.

210
  “I have received notice”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 22, 1886, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 261–62.

210
  “The girls of the nobility”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 25, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 219–22.

210
  “I wonder if these human dolls”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, October 20, 1885, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 224–26.

210
  “It is far from easy work”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, October 20, 1886, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 266.

211
  In addition to Japanese: Miki Yamaguchi, “The Education of Peeresses in Japan,”
Far East
, January 20, 1898, 408.

211
  Most of the students arrived: Barbara Rose,
Tsuda Umeko and Women’s Education in Japan
(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992), 71.

211
  “You know, she has”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, July 20, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 292–94.

211
  “Your letter with its unexpectedly”: Alice Bacon to Ume Tsuda, October 12, 1887, TCA, II-3-4 (1).

212
  “It costs so much more”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 5, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 297–98.

212
  “Alice has been very busy”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 9, 1888, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 316–17.

213
  “a dear little sweet-faced widow”: Alice Mabel Bacon,
A Japanese Interior
(Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1894), 5.

213
  “He will insist on following”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 9, 1888, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 316–17.

213
  “The dog is an attendant”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, September 18, 1888, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 317–18.

213
  “Apparently, a foreign lady”: Bacon,
Japanese Interior
, 3–4.

214
  “Their lives are more or less”: Ibid., 10.

214
  “Universal History”: Ibid., 13.

214
  “I have just learned”: Ibid., 15.

215
  General Oyama protested merrily: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, February 19, 1886, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 240–42.

215
  she was bending over a steam inhaler: Akiko Kuno,
Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan’s First Vassar Graduate
, trans. Kirsten McIvor (New York: Kodansha International, 1993), 168.

215
  one paper even hinted: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, August 27, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 296–97; Kuno,
Unexpected Destinations
, 166.

215
  “Sutematsu feels very badly”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, May 2, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 285–86.

215
  “Japan has not quite”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, December 7, 1887, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 304–5.

215
  “Would that I could go about”: Sutematsu Oyama to Elizabeth Howe, 1886 SYOP, Box 1, Folder 8, VSC.

216
  Little Takashi “regards me with great favor”: Bacon,
Japanese Interior
, 81–82.

216
  “most rare of all”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, December 6, 1888, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 321.

216
  it tasted like home: Bacon,
Japanese Interior
, 82–83.

216
  “He did not look to me”: Ibid., 50–51.

217
  “It was a funny sight”: Ibid., 88.

217
  “lest a particle of dust”: Ibid.

218
  “The one thing that strikes one”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, January 5, 1889, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 325–26.

218
  “As girls take more interest”: Bacon,
Japanese Interior
, 89–90.

219
  “The procession was the finest”: Ibid., 134.

219
  “With the greatest pride”: Ibid., 145.

220
  “It seems so terrible”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, February 15, 1889, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 326–28.

220
  the imperial accessories: Bacon,
Japanese Interior
, 189–92.

221
  “The girls rose in their places”: Ibid., 193–94.

221
  “At last there was a rustle”: Ibid., 194–95.

221
  “rather loaded down”: Ibid., 195.

221
  “feeling quite light hearted”: Ibid.

221
  “As I was following”: Ibid., 197.

222
  Then it was Alice’s turn: Ibid., 197–98.

222
  “I was very glad”: Ibid., 199.

222
  Her students brought farewell gifts: Ibid., 232.

222
  “Here, nobody ever makes a noise”: Ibid., 224–25.

223
  “not at all like the sheepskins”: Ibid., 234.

223
  “my back fairly ached”: Ibid., 236.

223
  “Even a diamond”: Julia Meech-Pekarik,
The World of the Meiji Print: Impressions of a New Civilization
(New York: Weatherhill, 1986), 119.

223
  “Lose no time”: Meech-Pekarik,
World of the Meiji Print
, 119–20.

223
  “Somehow I always feel sorry”: Bacon,
Japanese Interior
, 237.

224
  “The word ‘civilization’”: Ibid., 228.

224
  “Miss A. Bacon”: “Passengers: Departed,”
Japan Weekly Mail
, September 28, 1889.

13:  
ADVANCES AND RETREATS

225
  “My dear Mrs. Lanman”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, August 1889, in Yoshiko Furuki, ed.,
The Attic Letters: Ume Tsuda’s Correspondence to Her American Mother
(New York: Weatherhill, 1991), 332–33.

225
  “I often wish I had had”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, May 6, 1886, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 248–50.

226
  catalogs from Smith College: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, July 10, 1888 and August 5, 1888, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 314, 315–16.

227
  “Mrs. Morris may be very kind”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, March 9, 1889, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 328–29.

227
  “Won’t it be splendid!”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, May 26, 1889, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 331.

227
  “You can not imagine”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, June 13, 1889, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 331–32.

227
  “Our failures only marry”: Barbara Rose,
Tsuda Umeko and Women’s Education in Japan
(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992), 82.

228
  “Miss Tsuda was guest of honor”: Anna C. Hartshorne, “The Years of Preparation: A Memory of Miss Tsuda,” in Ume Tsuda,
The Writings of Umeko Tsuda
[
Tsuda Umeko monjo
] (Kodaira, Japan: Tsuda College, 1984), 513.

228
  “Like a princess”: Rose,
Tsuda Umeko
, 84.

228
  Here was a chance to prove: Ibid., 94.

228
  “I have today handed over”: Alice Bacon to Ume Tsuda, September 26, 1890, TCA, II-3-4 (2).

229
  “Better laws, broader education”: Alice Mabel Bacon,
Japanese Girls and Women
, rev. ed. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1902), 115.

229
  “in the name of our childhood’s friendship”: Ibid., viii.

229
  “She does not evade”: “New Publications,”
New-York Times
, August 17, 1891.

229
  “This is the glory”: “The Imperial Rescript on Education,” Children and Youth in History, Item 136, 1996–2014, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/136.

230
  “I do not think it is so compromising”: Sutematsu Oyama to Alice Bacon and Ume Tsuda, August 6, 1891, TCA, II-6-1 (3).

230
  “If it will do any good”: Alice Bacon to Ume Tsuda, August 9, 1891, TCA, II-3-4 (4).

230
  “Education and Culture”: Rose,
Tsuda Umeko
, 89.

231
  “Japanese tea and chopstick supper”:
Norfolk (CT) Tower
, August 13, 1891.

231
  “Wives must fit themselves”: Ume Tsuda, “The Education of Japanese Women,” in
Writings of Umeko Tsuda
, 31.

231
  “all together too sympathetic”: Sutematsu Oyama to Alice Bacon and Ume Tsuda, August 6, 1891, TCA, II-6-1 (3).

232
  “Are you horrified?”: Sutematsu Oyama to Anne Southworth Wyman, May 30, 1893, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 8, VSC.

232
  “Advisor on Westernization”: Akiko Kuno,
Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan’s First Vassar Graduate
, trans. Kirsten McIvor (New York: Kodansha International, 1993), 178.

232
  “I have no patience with her”: Sutematsu Oyama to Alice Bacon and Ume Tsuda, August 6, 1891, TCA, II-6-1 (3).

233
  “deep thinker”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, March 8, 1884, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

233
  “What do you think the girls”: Sutematsu Oyama to Alice Bacon and Ume Tsuda, August 6, 1891, TCA, II-6-1 (3).

233
  “for their mother was too wise”: Marian P. Whitney, “Stematz Yamakowa, Princess Oyama,”
Vassar Quarterly
, July 1919, 270.

233
  He arrived at the Oyamas’: Kuno,
Unexpected Destinations
, 180.

234
  “an intelligent, apt and diligent student”: Yoshiko Furuki,
The White Plum, a Biography of Ume Tsuda: Pioneer in the Higher Education of Japanese Women
(New York: Weatherhill, 1991), 86.