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INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF PEACE

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Recent Posts

  • Establishing the “Prince Tokugawa US Japan Foundation” – promoting peace, democracy, and a love of music.
  • 1948 – Walt Disney and his corporate pilot Marine Colonel Kelvin Bailey (retired) promote the Marine Corps League Toys for Tots gift campaign.
  • Colonel Sidney Mashbir’s good friend Colonel Robert F. Warren has just had his autobiography “Only In My America” published highlighting his distinguished military aviation career.
  • As President of the Red Cross Society of Japan, Prince Tokugawa, supported by Jesuit Priest Jacquinot, helped save the lives of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and tens of thousands of European Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust. Tokugawa’s recently published biography highlights these international heroes.
  • THE ART OF DIPLOMACY: Exciting News – The inspiring life and accomplishments of Prince Tokugawa have finally come to light!

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Prince Tokugawa’s Pivotal Role in Establishing the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC.

May 2, 2020 by Stan S. Katz Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prince Iyesato Tokugawa guided the Japanese gifting of the cherry blossom trees to the U.S. Capital in 1910 and 1912 into becoming an international token of goodwill which is now officially known as the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival – His behind the scenes role in accomplishing this diplomatic success was discovered while researching for the illustrated biography on Prince Tokugawa, titled: THE ART OF PEACE. Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Tokugawa Archives / Blog posts Tagged With: Baron Eiichi Shibusawa, Baron Shibusawa, Baron Shibusawa Eiichi, Cherry Blossom Festival, Diplomacy, Historical biography, History of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C., History of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, History of the University of Southern California, History of USC, Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Southern California, Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from USC, International Friendship, International Relations, Iyemasa Tokugawa, Japan History, Japan U.S. Relations, National Cherry Blossom Festival, President Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt, President William Howard Taft, Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, Prince Iyesato Tokugawa Archives, Prince Tokugawa Archives, Prince Tokugawa Iesato, Prince Tokugawa Iesato Archives, Shibusawa Archives, Stan S. Katz, Stan S. Katz blog, The Art of Peace, The Art of Peace biography, TheEmperorAndTheSpy.com, Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Japan relations, U.S.-Japan History, US Japan relations, William Howard Taft, World War One, World War Two, Yukio Ozaki, Yukio Ozaki Mayor of Tokyo

Welcome!

April 13, 2020 by Stan S. Katz Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The illustrated Blog posts on this website focus on U.S. Japan relations and Japanese history.

Katz was a Specialist in Rare Books and Ephemera when he acquired the personal papers of a Master Spy, Colonel Sidney Forrester Mashbir (1891-1973). These fascinating materials, combined with his passion for history and many years of research resulted in the exciting historical novel THE EMPEROR AND THE SPY, followed by a sequel, an illustrated biography titled: THE ART OF PEACE. Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Tokugawa Archives / Blog posts Tagged With: 25th Anniversary of Rotary International, Allied Translator Interpreter Section, Ambassador Grew, Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi, Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations, America-Japan Society, Armenian Genocide, Arms Limitation, ATIS, Baron Eiichi Shibusawa, Baron Shibusawa, Baron Shibusawa Eiichi, Chinese History, Chiune Sugihara, Colonel Mashbir, Colonel Mashbir Archives, Colonel Sidney Mashbir, Commodore Perry, Communism, Crown Prince Hirohito, Democracy, Diplomacy, Director of Planning and Communications for: The Missouri School of Journalism at University of Missouri, East-West Center of Southern California, Eiichi Shibusawa, Emperor Akihito, Emperor Hirohito, Garden Club of America, Garden Club of America Visits Japan 1935, General Douglas MacArthur, General MacArthur, History of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C., History of the Garden Club of America, History of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, History of University of Southern California, Holocaust, International Friendship, International Relations, Iyemasa Tokugawa, Japan China relations, Japan U.S. Relations, Japan-America Society, Kazuo Kodama, Kazuo Kodama Ambassador of Japan to the European Union, Mashbir Archives, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Paul Ringwood U.S. Navy Commander, Ph.D. History, President Barack Obama, President Warren Harding, Prince Iemasa Tokugawa, Prince Iyemasa Tokugawa, Prince Iyesato Tokugawa Archives, Prince Takamatsu, Prince Tokugawa Archives, Prince Tokugawa Iesato Archives, Prince Tokugawa Yoshihisa, Princess Takamatsu, Professor Benjamin Uchiyama, Professor Claire Langham, Rotary History, Rotary International History, ROTC History, Safe Zones, Safes Zones, Saving Jewish Lives in WWII, Shanghai Ghetto, Shanghai Safe Zone, Shibusawa Archives, Shibusawa Eiichi, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation and Museum, Shogun Yoshinobu, Stan S. Katz, Suzette Heiman, The Art of Peace, The Art of Peace biography, The Emperor and the Spy, Tokugawa Iemasa, Tokugawa Iyemasa, Tokugawa Shogun Dynasty, Tokugawa Shogun History, Toru Shigehara Head Librarian/Information Resources Center Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, U.S. Japan relations, U.S.-Japan History, University of Southern California, World War One, World War Two

Former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard Taft secretly attend a 1915 diplomatic banquet in N.Y.C. honoring the visit of Baron Shibusawa. Their goal to establish a strong US Japan alliance for World War One. This photo was only recently discovered.

February 6, 2020 by Stan S. Katz 6 Comments

This is the only known photo of a significant 1915 U.S. Japan diplomatic event. The description on the lower left corner states:

Dinner to Baron Shibusawa. East & West Meeting, Sherry’s [restaurant] New York City, December 3, 1915.  (Actual photo size: 20 by 12 inches.)

The above original photo is age-darkened and torn, and is also missing a corner and a segment of the left edge. These imperfections have been corrected during the restoration process as shown in the photos below:

 

INTRODUCTION Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Tokugawa Archives / Blog posts Tagged With: 1915, 1915 Diplomatic Banquet event, American Antiquarian Society, American edition of the Review of Reviews, Baron Eiichi Shibusawa, Baron Shibusawa, Baron Shibusawa Eiichi, Booker T. Washington, Century-Appleton-Crofts, Clarence H. Mackay, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Count Chinda Sutemi, Count Chinda Sutemi Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., December 3, Dinner to Baron Shibusawa. East & West Meeting, Don C. Seitz, Don Carlos Seitz, Don Seitz, Dr. Albert Shaw, Dr. Jōkichi Takamine, Dr. Takamine, Dr. Toyokichi Iyenaga, Editor of The Literary Digest, Edward J. Wheeler, Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Eiichi Shibusawa, Father of Japan’s Modern Economy of Japan, George Walbridge Perkins, Henry Villard, Herbert David Croly, History of American edition of the Review of Reviews, History of Century Publishing, History of Equitable Life Assurance Society, History of Japanese Friendship Garden, History of Kuhn, History of National City Bank of New York, History of New York Evening Post, History of the Japan Times, History of the Japanese Diet, History of the NAACP, History of The Nation magazine, History of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, History of the Nippon Club, History of the Poetry Society of America, History of the Union Pacific Railroad, History of Wells Fargo & Company, Isaac Kaufmann Funk, Jacob Henry Schiff, Jacob Schiff, Japan and WWI, Japan Times, John H. Finley, John Huston Finley, Loeb & Co., M. Zumoto, M. Zumoto - translator for Baron Shibusawa, NAACP, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Oswald Garrison Villard, Osward G. Villard, Pan-Pacific Exposition, Poetry Society of America, President of the Japanese Diet, President Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, Prince Tokugawa, Prince Tokugawa Iesato, Prince William Howard Taft, Roosevelt and Japan, Russo-Japanese War, Sankyo Shoten Company, Sherry's Restaurant, Sherry’s New York City, Shibusawa Eiichi, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Shibusawa Memorial Museum, Stan S. Katz, Taft and Japan, The Art of Peace, The Art of Peace biography, The Emperor and the Spy, The New Republic magazine, The Nippon Club, The Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation / Shibusawa Memorial Museum, TheEmperorAndTheSpy.com, Theodore Roosevelt, Townsend Harris, U.S. Japan relations, U.S.-Japan History, Whitney family, Willard D. Straight, Willard Dickerman Straight, William Howard Taft, William Lloyd Garrison, William Morgan Shuster, William Shuster, World War One, WWI and Japan, www.shibusawa.or.jp/english/museum/, 渋沢 栄一, 珍田 捨巳, 高峰 譲吉

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