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

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[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

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

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

AFTERWORD .......................................................... 105

APPENDIX
References in Bahá'í Literature to Japan .................... 106

EDITORIAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES
by Barbara Sims ............................................. 108

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