"Niijima Jo's Youth" Takehisa Fukumoto Price: ¥748 #TakehisaFukumoto #Books #BOOK #Bunko #Literature #Novel Ten years before the arrival of the Black Ships, Niijima Jo was born in the Annaka domain, a hereditary vassal of the Edo shogunate. Born as the only son to a family of yūhitsu (chief clerks) who served as the lord's secretaries for generations, he was destined to inherit the position. However, the times were in the late Edo period, and despite opposition, he never abandoned his ambition for Western studies. Eventually, he left his domain and, as a stowaway, traveled to America. After returning to Japan, he married Yamamoto Yaeko, demonstrating a new image of men and women in the new era, and established Doshisha University, becoming a model educator of the Meiji era. This book chronicles the youthful days of Niijima Jo.