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Japan -- Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harding family letters

 Collection — Folder S3056
Identifier: S3056
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters from Saburoka Ota and T. Ota written in Japan during 1911-1913 as part of a penpal exchange. The letters discuss their experiences attending a Japanese middle school (including subjects taught and structure by terms) and what activities Japanese boys engaged in during their vacations away from school. Some letters discuss matters of dress, customs, language, and Japanese and American variations in these matters. The significance of the death of the Japanese...
Dates: 1911-1913; 1989

Komanisuke Kumagai letters

 Collection — Folder S2890
Identifier: S2890
Scope and Contents This collection includes the photostat copies and transcripts of a 25-foot scroll of letters from Komanisuke Kumagai letters in Indiana and the United States to Mrs. McClelland in Crawfordsville, Indiana during his travels lecturing on Japanese culture during April-June, 1889.
Dates: 1889/04/26-1889/06/01