1. Yamato Ichihashi was one of the first academics from East Asia in the United States.
11 Facts About Yamato Ichihashi
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Yamato Ichihashi was born in Nagoya, in Aichi prefecture, Japan in 1878.
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Yamato Ichihashi was the son of Ichihashi Hiromasha, a former samurai, and Maizuno Ai.
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Yamato Ichihashi moved to the United States in 1894 at the age of 16.
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Yamato Ichihashi completed public school in San Francisco, graduated from Stanford University with a bachelors and a master's degree in economics, and earned his Ph.
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Yamato Ichihashi was a frequent guest speaker at community organizations in San Francisco, during and after his graduate education.
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In 1913, Yamato Ichihashi began teaching Japanese history and government, international relations, and the Japanese American experience at Stanford.
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Yamato Ichihashi researched, wrote, and published a classic immigration study, Japanese in the United States.
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Yamato Ichihashi was upset that Japan started the war, and purchased US war bonds in support of the Americans.
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Yamato Ichihashi died in Stanford, California in 1963, ten days before his 85th birthday.
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Yamato Ichihashi's papers are housed in the special collections of Stanford University's Green Library.