Nitobe Inazō and the Sapporo Band: Reflections on the Dawn of Protestant Christianity in Early Meiji Japan

This paper focuses on the famous prewar internationalist Nitobe Inazō, and inquires into the origins of his Christian faith. Born in 1862 in Morioka in the last years of the Tokugawa period, he imbibed Christianity while attending the Sapporo Agricultural College. That institution's unique hist...

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Main Author: Oshiro, George M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2007]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-126
Further subjects:B Quakers
B Morality
B Agricultural colleges
B Religious Studies
B Christian missionaries
B Agriculture
B Faith
B Christian History
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