TY - BOOK AU - Notehelfer,Fred G. TI - American Samurai: Captain L.L. Janes and Japan T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9781400854226 AV - BR1317.J36 N67 1985 U1 - 266/.0092/4B 22 PY - 2014///] CY - Princeton, NJ PB - Princeton University Press KW - Christian biography KW - Japan KW - United States KW - Educators KW - Biography KW - Kumamoto Band KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General KW - bisacsh KW - 1890s KW - A Summer Place KW - Abolitionism KW - Anti-Christian sentiment KW - Apathy KW - Apostasy KW - Charter Oath KW - Christian socialism KW - Christianity KW - Composite portrait KW - Confucianism KW - Confucius KW - Conversion to Christianity KW - Discourses (Meher Baba) KW - Dunce KW - Elisha KW - Ernest Fenollosa KW - Feudalism KW - Filial piety KW - Fukuzawa Yukichi KW - Gathering Storm (advertisement) KW - Heresy KW - His Family KW - His Favorite KW - Honor Thy Father (Queen of Swords) KW - ICAN KW - Imperial Rescript on Education KW - Inception KW - Ivan Morris KW - Iwakura Mission KW - John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry KW - Karl Barth KW - Kumamoto KW - Kyoto School KW - Lecture KW - Manifest destiny KW - Marius Jansen KW - Meiji Restoration KW - Missionary (LDS Church) KW - Missionary KW - Muscular Christianity KW - Namamugi Incident KW - New Christian KW - Oppression KW - Patriotism KW - Persecution KW - Punitive expedition KW - Religion KW - Roger Bacon KW - Satsuma Rebellion KW - Scholasticism KW - Scurvy KW - Self-made man KW - Shimabara Rebellion KW - Shinto KW - Slavery KW - Society of Jesus KW - Superiority (short story) KW - Susan Warner KW - Suspension of disbelief KW - Taoism KW - The Other Hand KW - To This Day KW - Unequal treaty KW - United States Naval Academy KW - V KW - War pension KW - Warfare KW - World to come KW - Young Samurai N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. BOYHOOD IN THE OHIO HILLS --; CHAPTER II. LIFE AT WEST POINT --; CHAPTER III. WAR, LOVE, AND CONVERSION --; CHAPTER IV. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA --; CHAPTER V. INVITATION TO JAPAN --; CHAPTER VI. YOKOHAMA, EDO, AND KUMAMOTO --; CHAPTER VII. THE KUMAMOTO SCHOOL FOR WESTERN LEARNING --; CHAPTER VIII. YANKEE INGENUITY AND INITIATIVE --; CHAPTER IX. CHRISTIANITY --; CHAPTER X. THE YEARS OF CONTROVERSY --; CHAPTER XI. JAPAN AGAIN: KYOTO AND THE D0SHISHA LECTURES --; CHAPTER XII. THE FINAL YEARS --; CONCLUSION --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX --; Backmatter; restricted access N2 - The book reveals how a man on the way to being a misfit in the United States became the heroic American samurai." It discusses Janes as one of the few Westerners allowed to live in the interior and as the "father" of the Kumamoto Band, which became the dominant wing of Japanese Protestantism and a significant modernizing force.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400854226?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400854226 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400854226/original ER -