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He went to [[China]] in [[1886]] and remained there one year and a half, after which he returned to Japan. He then left his native land for the United States, arriving in San Francisco in [[1888]], where he remained only seven days, when he went East to Boston with $67 in his pocket. He got acquainted with Prof. Edward S. Morse, and through his kindness got

He went to [[China]] in [[1886]] and remained there one year and a half, after which he returned to Japan. He then left his native land for the United States, arriving in San Francisco in [[1888]], where he remained only seven days, when he went East to Boston with $67 in his pocket. He got acquainted with Prof. Edward S. Morse, and through his kindness got

into the Salem High School, from which he graduated in [[1890]]. He revisited Japan for the first time in [[1891]], representing the Syndicate  

into the Salem High School, from which he graduated in [[1890]]. He revisited Japan for the first time in [[1891]], representing the Syndicate  

Trading Company. A. Swan Brown was then president. He opened the first Japanese store in Boston in October, [[1883]]. In the same year he built the first Japanese house in Salem, Mass.  

Trading Company. A. Swan Brown was then president. He opened the first Japanese store in Boston in October, [[1893]]<ref>Chen, Constance. "Merchants of Asianness: Japanese Art Dealers in the United States in the Early Twentieth Century." ''Journal of American Studies'' 44 (2010). pp19-46.</ref>. In the same year he built the first Japanese house in Salem, Mass.  

Beginning in 1891, he visited Japan every year, as he found it necessary to select ancient and modern art goods in person. He originated many ideas of commercial value which offered in his store in Boston, and in his art sells in various cities. His aim in commerce was to handle only the real and highest quality of Japanese art objects, importing only genuine articles, instead of buying imitations in what is known as the "Yokohama style."  

Beginning in 1891, he visited Japan every year, as he found it necessary to select ancient and modern art goods in person. He originated many ideas of commercial value which offered in his store in Boston, and in his art sells in various cities. His aim in commerce was to handle only the real and highest quality of Japanese art objects, importing only genuine articles, instead of buying imitations in what is known as the "Yokohama style."  

==References==

==References==

* ''[http://www.archive.org/details/promamerinter00hepbrich Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]'', New York, 1903 ''(Public Domain source)''

* ''[http://www.archive.org/details/promamerinter00hepbrich Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]'', New York, 1903 ''(Public Domain source)''

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