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CREDITS

“To those who ask of Tonami . . .” Reprinted by permission of the Harvard University Asia Center, from Hiraku Shimoda,
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Excerpt from
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by Julia Meech-Pekarik, protected by copyright under terms of the International Copyright Union, reprinted by arrangement with The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Shambhala Publications Inc., Boston, MA, www.shambhala.com.

“Tommy Polka” courtesy of Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music, Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Empress Haruko in court dress, 1872.
(Pho to by Kyuichi Uchida. Courtesy Getty Images, Hulton Archive.)

From left to right: Shige, Tei, Ryo, Ume, and Sutematsu, wearing the Western dresses purchased for them in Chicago.
(Courtesy Tsuda College Archives.)

Tomomi Iwakura (center) with his senior ambassadors, including Takayoshi Kido (far left), Hirobumi Ito (second from right), and Toshimichi Okubo (far right).
(Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.)

Arinori Mori, Japanese chargé d’affaires in Washington, 1871.
(© 2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.)

Adeline Lanman.
(Courtesy Tsuda College Archives.)

Leonard Bacon, pastor of New Haven’s First Church.
(Courtesy Yale Divinity Library Special Collections.)

Sotokichi Uriu as a naval cadet at Annapolis
. (Courtesy Mrs. Setsuko Uriu.)