Japanese (history)

Founded in 1904, the Japan Society is one of the oldest of more than 35 independent Japan-America Societies in the United States and is the only Massachusetts organization committed to fostering economic and cultural ties with Japan. A non-profit organization, the Society's funding is obtained through membership and admission fees, corporate donations, individual contributions and foundation grants.
The Japan Society of Boston began in 1904 as an informal discussion group sympathetic to Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. It was officially founded in 1920 several months after the visit of the Japanese flagship SS Kasuga. During the 1920s and 1930s Japan Society membership numbered as many as 400 people and included scholars from Harvard, Museum of Fine Arts curators and staff, the few permanent Japanese residents of Boston, art collectors, and other "Boston Brahmins" who found much to admire in Japanese culture.
The Japan Society sponsored social events, hospitality for visiting Japanese dignitaries (notably Prince and Princess Takamatsu in April 1931), cultural events such as concerts by local musicians and tea ceremonies, and occasionally lectures on current events. These activities came to an end with the outbreak of World War 2. The Society was revived in 1953, the year the Crown Prince and Princess first visited Boston, and was legally incorporated for the first time in 1958. In 1960 the Society received a grant from the Japan Society, Inc. (New York) and hired Martha Henderson (now Coolidge) as executive secretary, with an office at the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard. The Society’s social and cultural activities continued and a new focus on business programs was developed. However these business activities did not prove to be self-sustaining and were discontinued when the grant ran out after several years. The cultural highlight of these years was a Bugaku performance on the Boston...

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