# History of the Baha'i Faith in Japan 1914-1938

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> Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Agnes Baldwin Alexander, History of the Baha'i Faith in Japan 1914-1938, Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1977, bahai-library.com.
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> History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938
> 
> Agnes Baldwin Alexander
> 
> Barbara R. Sims, editor
> 
> Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1977
> 
> single page
> 
> chapter 1
> 
> (click on image to enlarge)
> 
> [with editing and end notes by Barbara Sims]
> 
> Bahá'í Publishing Trust
> 
> Osaka, Japan
> 
> 1977
> 
> To
> 
> the beloved Guardian Shoghi Effendi
> 
> whose guidance inspired the writing
> 
> of this history
> 
> CONTENTS
> 
> FOREWORD ............................................................. 1
> 
> INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 2
> 
> CHAP. I BEGINNING OF THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH AMONG JAPANESE ............... 4
> First Japanese Bahá'ís
> ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's Meeting with Japanese
> Bahá'í Travelers Pass through Japan
> 
> CHAP. II BAHÁ'ÍS FROM HONOLULU GO TO JAPAN ......................... 7
> George Jacob Augur M.D.
> Preparation for Work in Japan
> Toward Japan
> Arrival in Italy
> Voyage to Japan
> 
> CHAP. III THE BAHÁ'Í CAUSE IN JAPAN ................................ 12
> Arrival in Japan
> Establishing the First Bahá'í Meeting
> First Meeting with Japanese Esperantists
> First Japanese Bahá'í in Japan
> First Naw-Rúz in Japan
> First Celebration of May Twenty-third
> First Letter from Japan to ‘Abdu'l-Bahá
> Martha Root in Japan
> Dr. and Mrs. Augur Arrive in Tokyo
> In Hiroshima
> Return to Tokyo
> Contribution to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár
> Meeting Daiun Inouye
> Vasily Eroshenko
> Tokujiro Torii
> President Naruse and the Japan Women's College
> A Bahá'í Home in Tokyo
> Ichi Kamichika
> Tablets From ‘Abdul-Bahá Reach Japan
> First Young Woman Bahá'í of the Far East
> November Twelfth Celebration in Tokyo
> Bahá'ís of Japan Stand Alone
> Akira Torii
> Last Visit of Dr. and Mrs. Augur to Japan
> 
> CHAP. IV THE BAHÁ'Í CAUSE IN JAPAN 1919-1923 ...................... 30
> Tablets Received from ‘Abdul-Bahá
> Voyage to Japan
> Arrival in Japan
> The Day of the Covenant
> A Fire
> A New Bahá'í Home in Tokyo
> First Girls' Bahá'í Meeting in Japan
> Japanese Girls Receive Tablets
> The Star of the East
> Seven Tablets to Japanese
> Christmas Tree Party
> Messages From ‘Abdul-Bahá
> Second Year of the Star of the East
> The Ascension of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá
> ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets to Japan
> New Era in the Cause—1922
> Martha Root's Second Visit to Japan
> Esperantists of Nagoya, Kyoto, Kobe and Tokyo
> The Great Earthquake
> Interval 1923-1928
> 
> CHAP. V THE BAHÁ'Í MESSAGE TAKEN FROM JAPAN TO CHINA .............. 55
> Meeting the Editor of the Canton Times
> Chinese Students Visit Japan
> Letters from Chinese Students
> In China with Martha Root in 1923
> With Martha Root in Shanghai in 1930
> Miss Fung-Ling Liu Visits Tokyo
> Professor R.F. Piper Meets Shanghai Bahá'ís
> Dr. Yun-Siang Tsao
> 
> CHAP. VI THE BAHÁ'Í MESSAGE REACHES KOREA THROUGH JAPAN ........... 64
> Oh Sang Sun
> Doors Open to Korea
> Arrival in Seoul
> Last Tablets from ‘Abdu'l-Bahá
> Second Visit in Seoul
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> CHAP. VII THE BAHÁ'Í CAUSE IN JAPAN 1928-1933 ...................... 70
> Return to Japan
> Dr. R. Masujima
> All Japanese Religions Conference
> Messages From Shoghi Effendi
> Martha Root's Third Visit to Japan
> Keith Ransom-Kehler in Japan
> Visits in Japanese Homes
> First Bahá'í Assembly of Japan
> Visit to Hokkaido
> Esslemont Book Translated Into Japanese
> Return to Honolulu
> Letters From Japan
> 
> CHAP. VIII THE BAHÁ'Í CAUSE IN JAPAN 1935-1937 ..................... 89
> Return to Japan
> In the Torii Home in Kyoto
> A New Home in Tokyo
> Japan-American Student Conference
> Esslemont Book in Japanese Braille
> November 26, 1936
> Visit to Yanai
> In the Torii Home
> 
> CHAP. IX FROM JAPAN TO PALESTINE .................................. 98
> Leaving Tokyo
> The Voyage
> Arrival at Port Said
> Arrival in Haifa
> A Japanese Scroll
> Visit to Jerusalem
> Visit to Bahjí
> Words of Shoghi Effendi
> Martha Root's Fourth Visit to Japan
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> ILLUSTRATIONS
> Christmas Party .............................................. 11
> Early Group .................................................. 29
> Bahá'í Girls ................................................. 36
> Miss Alexander and Miss Root ................................. 63
> In Korea; Miss Root and the Toriis ........................... 69
> Miss Alexander and Mrs. Maxwell .............................. 88
> Miss Alexander with Two Esperanto Groups .................... 105
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> AFTERWORD .......................................................... 105
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> APPENDIX
> References in Bahá'í Literature to Japan .................... 106
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> EDITORIAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES
> by Barbara Sims ............................................. 108
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