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Brecher, W. Puck. "Notes". The Aesthetics of Strangeness: Eccentricity and Madness in Early Modern Japan, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2013, pp. 203-236. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824839123-009

Brecher, W. (2013). Notes. In The Aesthetics of Strangeness: Eccentricity and Madness in Early Modern Japan (pp. 203-236). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824839123-009

Brecher, W. 2013. Notes. The Aesthetics of Strangeness: Eccentricity and Madness in Early Modern Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, pp. 203-236. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824839123-009

Brecher, W. Puck. "Notes" In The Aesthetics of Strangeness: Eccentricity and Madness in Early Modern Japan, 203-236. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824839123-009

Brecher W. Notes. In: The Aesthetics of Strangeness: Eccentricity and Madness in Early Modern Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 2013. p.203-236. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824839123-009

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In July 2000, the Special Committee of the Information Processing Society of Japan for the History of Computing decided to collect and compile biographies of computer pioneers of Japan for public presentation. The Committee selected 64 pioneer candidates in February 2001, and has left the list open for recommendations.

Since then two candidates have declined and five people have been newly accepted as pioneers on recommendation. Therefore, we have 67 pioneers, as of today. A collection of their biographies (in Japanese) together with their photos has become almost complete before April 2002, and been placed on Web pages of Information Processing Society of Japan.*1 Some pioneers are dead, and some were reluctant in writing their biographies by themselves. We asked people, including members of the Committee, who have known them well, to take trouble to write biographies of these pioneers.

In April 2003, to make this collection of biographies available for broader communities, we began preparing its English version. In addition to pioneers who had been dead, two pioneers deceased after the Japanese version was published, and some more pioneers showed reluctance in writing their biographies in English. Therefore, we had to ask volunteers to take more trouble for preparing English version of biographies of these pioneers. A name (or two names) in parentheses after each biography shows such a volunteer (volunteers). When a pioneer prepared his biography including its English version by himself, no such name is attached. When a volunteer prepared only English version or both of Japanese and English version, this volunteer's name appears in parentheses. When one volunteer prepared Japanese version and another volunteer did English version, their names appear in parentheses in this order.

Another problem we encountered was how to express Japanese names in Roman alphabet. Firstly, as for the sequence of family name and given name, we qu

For centuries, the Shoguns ruled over a relatively isolated feudal society. Prince Iyesato Tokugawa aka Prince Tokugawa Iesato was to become the next shogun, but when that dynasty ended, he instead creatively guided an emerging Japan onto a modern, interconnected world stage.

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Prince Iyesato Tokugawa (aka Prince Tokugawa Iesato) receives an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Rufus B. von Kleinsmid President of the university bestows this degree.

This presentation took place during a special luncheon given March 19th, 1934 in Los Angeles that was hosted by George I. Cochran, President of the Board of Trustees of USC. Prince Iyesato Tokugawa was accompanied by his son Iyemasa, the newly appointed Minister to Canada.

Left to right in photo: Prince Iyesato Tokugawa; Iyemasa Tokugawa; George I. Cochran; Dr. Rufus B. von Kleinsmid.

The Los Angeles Times stated that this honorary degree was given to Prince Iyesato Tokugawa:

“In recognition of distinguished service in international statesmanship,” and for his “support of many philanthropic and educational movements.”

In accepting the honor, Tokugawa respectfully said,

“He wished to receive this honor in the name of the Japanese people as a whole rather than as a personal distinction.”

The Los Angeles Times also stated that a banquet dinner was to be hosted by the Japan-America Society of Los Angeles, to honor Prince Tokugawa’s visit. The Governor of California James Rolph and the former Mayor of Los Angeles John C. Porter planned to attend.

Introduction

The people that we choose to honor shape and inspire our future.

Prince Iyesato Tokugawa (1863