Japan Missions, 1947-1951

File — Box: 1, Folder: 10

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01: Reverend Willis Carl and Pearl Graul Nugent on the Sendai train station platform, waiting for train to Yamagata
02: Unidentified children in the Sendai Repatriation Village, Japan
03: Bronze statue of Ninomiya, the boy hero who set the example for diligence in study. Statue was still standing after the fire that destroyed the school. Statue was located near US Army IX Corps Headquarters
04: Evangelical Church Sunday School, pastor, teachers in Koriyama. Pearl Graul Nugent is on the far left.
05: Evangelical Church Sunday School, pastor, teachers in Koriyama. Pearl Graul Nugent is on the far left.
06: Photo of Nori Kobayash (on the right) of Aizu Wakamatsu, published an evangelical newspaper for 25 years for Aizu Wakamatsu.
07: Nagamachi Church School Group from Nagamachi Samurai District
08: Nagamachi Church Group. Suguki the “Nagamachi miracle” is in the center with the open collar.
09: An unidentified victim of infantile paralysis, carried to the service on the back of a friend. Reverend Ogasawara ministers to the man.
10: Nagamachi Church School Group of Nagamachi, Japan.
11: Group photo featuring Nagamachi church group, including Reverend Willis Carl Nugent, Masao Suzuki, who rescued the tailor’s wife during the war; and Suto, the local blacksmith.
12: The Suto Blacksmith Shop. The patriarch is a member of the Nagamachi Church
13: The Chibas family from Shiogama. Father and son were both ordained ministers. The younger Chibas wife is on the far left, and the kindergarten helper is on the far right
14: The Chibas family from Shiogama
15: Post war shack on campus of Sendai Higher Technical School on Minam Rokkencho. Occupied by family of the school caretaker.
16: Unidentified mothers and children of the Morioka Kindergarten
17: Morioka Kindergarten children and mothers on a picnic during cherry blossom season
18: Picnic near Takamatsu Ike featuring unidentified people from the Morioka Christian Education Center
19: Picnic of the Morioka Christian Education Center. At the extreme left is the pastor, Pastor T. Sabanai
20: Unidentified parents and children of the Morioka Kindergarten are going home following a day at Takamatsu Ike. Mount Iwate is in the background.
21: Cherry Blossoms above a rice paddy in Morika, Japan
22: Reverend Shimpei Nakayama from Aomori, Japan. Secretary of the Cu Classi
23: Reverend Shimpei Nakayama’s youngest daughter eating her rice with her chopsticks.
24: Unidentified children of the Yamagata Kindergarten with their mothers.
25: Unidentified Yamagata Kindergarten mothers with Pastor Umezu
26: Unidentified woman stepping out of a building
27: Mrs. Jo, wife of the former pastor of the Fukushima church, who died during World War II
28: Reverend Konno and his wife of the Fukushima Church with Mrs. Jo, wife of the former pastor, who stands between them.
29: From left to right: Reverend Konno, Pastor of the Fukushima Church; Konno’s Wife; Mrs. Jo wife of the pastor of the Fukushima Church; and Reverend Willis Carl Nugent.
30: An Aizu-Takada Church Group. Pearl Graul Nugent standing in the center, Reverend Sakai Endo seated on the far right of the first row.
31: Unidentified children of the Aizu-Takada Church
32: Aizu-Takada Church Group. Reverend Sakai Endo is holding the child in the center, with Pearl Graul Nugent over his right shoulder.
33: Dr. and Mrs. Anazawa, Reverend and Mrs. Tan at the entrance to the Anazawa Hospital, in Wakamatsu, Japan.
34: Unidentified man, infant, and child standing outside a building.
35: People waiting for the Chang Changa Uma horse parade in Morioka, Japan. In the background is a corner of former Prime Minister Hara’s ceremonial tea house.
36: People of Morioka, Japan waiting for the Changa Changa Uma horse parade
37: One of the horses in the Changa Changa Uma Parade being led to the temple to pray in Morioka after being decorated and paraded through the streets of the city.
38: Morioka street scene during the Changa Changa Uma Parade. In the background is the home of former Prime Minister Hara.
39: Decorated horse and child rider on the way to the temple for the Changa Change Uma Parade in Morioka, Japan.
40: Jindai Settlers at the Pioneer Farm Group near Omagari, Japan. Settlers are from Manchuria under the Christian leadership of Reverend Arai, who is third from the right on the second row. Reverend Carl Willis and Mrs. Pearl Graul Nugent in the center.

Dates

1927-1957

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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