Acknowledgments
About
From Samurai into Engineers marks the 150th anniversary of the graduation of MIT’s first Japanese student, Eiichirō Honma (SB 1874), and highlights the experiences of Honma and other Japanese students at MIT who followed in his footsteps. It is the product of ongoing research, especially within the context MIT’s 21H (History) classes.
Curator:
Hiromu Nagahara
Associate Professor of History, MIT
Exhibit Designer:
Amanda Hawk
Public Services Manager, Department of Distinctive Collections, MIT Libraries
Works Consulted
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Kobayashi Sae, Honma eiichirō: meiji wo ikita ichi tetsudō jin（Kojin shoten ginza ten, 2006）
- Ogwara Masamichi, Keiogijuku no kindai amerika ryūgakusei (Keiogijuku daigaku shuppankai, 2023)
- Ogawara Masmichi, “Kuroda kōshakuke to chiiki shakai: ikuei jigyō wo megutte,” Hogaku kenkyū, Vol. 91, No. 5 (2018 .5)
- Ogawara Masamichi, Meiji nihon wa amerika kara nani wo mananda no ka (Bungeishunjū, 2021)
- John G. Robers, Mitsui: Three Centuries of Japanese Business (Weatherhill, 1989)
- Naofumi Nakamura, “Railway Engineers’ Groups in Early Meiji Japan,” Japanese Research in Business History (2011)
- Yuichiro Shimizu, The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy (Bloomsbury, 2021)
- Shiozaki Satoshi, Amerika chinichiha no kigen (Heibonsha, 2001)
- Merritt Roe Smith, “’God Speed the Institute’” The Foundational Years, 1861-1894,” in David Kaiser, ed., Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision (MIT Press, 2012)
Acknowledgment
The curator would like to express special thanks to contributions from Cheryl Burke (TheoryOne Design), Amanda Hawk (MIT Libraries, Distinctive Collections), Christine Pilcavage (MIT-Japan Program), Masamichi Ogawara, Yuichiro Shimizu, Satoshi Shiozaki, the students of 21H.155/21G.555 Modern Japan (Spring 2024), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, St. Margaret's School (Tokyo), and St. Hilda's School (Toyko).
Sponsors
The exhibit is sponsored by the MIT History Department, the MIT Libraries, and the MIT-Japan Program.
