W.E.Griffis' Journal (1872/ 1 /23-1873/ 3 /25)

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This Griffis' Journal was written by William Elliot Griffis (1843,9,17-1928,2,5) from Jan. 23rd 1872-Mar. 25 th 1873.W.E.Griffis came to Japan on Dec.30, 1870, after he had studied the new scientific curriculum at Rutgers University in N.J. He was an American teacher (Yatoi) who had taught the Japanese boys chemistry and physics etc. at Meishinkan (Fukuihan Hanko) and Nanko-Kaiseigakko, the precursor of Tokyo Imperial University. This Journal is a half of the one which he wrote during he had spent in the newly renamed capital city of Tokyo. That is very interesting for us to understand and to know Japanese life and education early in the Meiji period of Japan. We are going to be able to understand Japanese culture and education that had been modernizing from his Journal. I tried to transcribe from the journal. But we can find out there are more problems with words and punctuation. Sometimes the lower half of lowercase cursive letters touch the below and change the meaning of the word below, or make it hard to read. Letters like: f, g, j, p, q, z can cause these problems. And he sometimes used the term"Jap".The term is offensive and derogatory. When such a term is used in English, I indicate an editional protest by using sic in bracket like this:[sic]. I want to thank for Prof. Ruth J. Simmons who is a senior curator of the William Elliot Griffis Collection at Rutgers University. She advised me spellings and letters which I could not read.
2004-03-31