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Kanrin Maru 150th Anniversary Special Teacher's Workshop

This teacher workshop is part of a year long series of events sponsored by the Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese Embassy to the United States.

Workshop Program:

  1. Lecture by Professor Emeritus Peter Duus, Stanford University, "The Japanese Discovery of America."
     
  2. Talk by Mr. Frederik Schodt, Writer and Translator, "Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan."
     
  3. Talk by Gary Mukai, SPICE director, "Early Encounters: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States, 1860."