Traces That Remain:
A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese
edited by Sheridan Sims
Chapter 37
37. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima
Dr. Masujima, a friend of the Bahá'ís, was a well-known
international lawyer, and founder of Chuo University in Tokyo.
For three years in the early 1930s, the Bahá'í Naw-Rúz party was
held in his garden. Although he never actually became a Bahá'í,
he thought the Faith would interest the Japanese and that it would penetrate
the Japanese race. He assisted the Bahá'ís in various ways.
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Naw-Rúz party in Dr. Masujima's garden,
1931. He is in the center and Miss Alexander is to his left. Mrs. Takeshita, an
early Bahá'í, is to the left of Miss
Alexander.
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Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima
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Naw-Rúz party in Dr. Masujima's garden,
1932. He is in the middle with Miss Alexander to his right. Miss Mochizuki is
seated second from the far right. To the left of Dr. Masujima are Mrs. Naganuma
and her daughter, then Mrs. Kanae Takeshita. Standing, from the left, Mr. Keiji
Sawada; Mr. Sempo Ito; Mr. Fujisawa, an Esperantist; Mr. Moriiuchi, an
Esperantist; Mr. Sugimoto, an Esperantist who had associated with
Bahá'ís in the United States; Mr. Yamaguchi; Mr. Hidehiko Matsuda; Mr.
Ayabe and Mr. Miyamoto, both Buddhists.
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