Joseph+Hardy+Neesima

=Joseph Hardy Neesima= by: Koichi Saito Joseph Hardy Neesima (12 Feb.1843 - 23 Jan1890), founder of Doshisha University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal arts. He was the first Japanese person to: receive a degree from a western college (Amhurst College), be ordained a protestant minister (Andover Theological Seminary), receive an honorary doctorate (Amhurst College). Read more...

View Images of the University from Kyoto - including pages from his notebooks.

Also see there a little about his wife whose legendary actions as a gunner have made her a subject of modern culture - both in Magna and TV dramas.