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Joseph Hardy Neesima
Japanese missionary
In this Japanese name, the surname is Niijima.
Niijima Jō (新島 襄) (born Niijima Shimeta (新島 七五三太); 12 February 1843 – 23 January 1890), better known by his English name Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a JapaneseProtestantmissionary and educator of the Meiji era who founded Doshisha English School (later Doshisha University).
Joseph hardy neesima biography of barack obama
He was the husband of Yamamoto Yaeko, a former soldier and nurse who served during the Boshin War, Russo-Japanese and Sino-Japanese War, who later founded Doshisha Girls' School.
Early life
He was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), the son of a retainer of the Itakura clan of Annaka.
His childhood name was Niijima Shimeta (新島 七五三太). He attended Tokugawa Naval School from 1861.[1]
In 1864, laws on national isolation were still in effect in Japan, and Japanese people were not permitted to travel overseas without government permission.
However, Niijima had read extensively on various rangaku topi