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Traces That Remain:
A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese
edited by Sheridan Sims
Chapter 10
10. A Gathering to Meet Tagore of India
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The Indian poet, educator, dramatist and Nobel
Prize Winner, Rabindranath Tagore visited Japan three times. He is in the
middle, first row. Miss Alexander is sitting between two women, who were
identified by Mrs. Furukawa as being teachers of Japan Women's College. She
also thought the picture was taken in Dr. Masujima's garden. Professor Nakagiri
of Waseda University is sitting to the right of Tagore. Miss Alexander's
friend, Ujaku Akita, is sitting second from the right. This photograph was
undated but was probably taken in 1916 during Tagore's first visit. Tagore was
aware of the Faith. He had met 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Chicago, and when he met Miss
Root in Hong Kong in 1924 he asked her how the Faith was
progressing.
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