Doshisha Kyotanabe Kaido HIKARI-KAN
Exhibition: “Words of Niijima Jo”

Table of Contents

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Display Theme: As an Educator･･･････････････････････････････････････････････････10
Document List, Photography List･･････････････････････････････････････････････････19

Exhibition Details:
The exhibition is held at the Doshisha Kyotanabe Kaido HIKARI-KAN from October 28, 2022
until the end of March, 2023. Sponsored by the Doshisha University Center for Christian
Culture and supported by the Doshisha Archives Center it presents documents related to
Niijima Jō’s life and thought as they relate to the development of the Doshisha KyotanabeCampus.
Cover photo(Left) Calligraphy by Niijima Jo “One should break like jade and should be ashamed of being like a tile”(Right) Calligraphy by Niijima Jo “The plum do not speak, yet a path is born beneath them”

Display Theme:
As an Educator

Niijima Jo did not teach many classes at Doshisha Academy;
he devoted himself more to the smooth management of theschool as its president. Still, his has been known as an educator
among many people over generations, and the reason can befound in his own words. This section exhibits a collection of his
writings that express his vision as an educator.

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Exhibition Documents[Inside the red box]
Let us be like an unpolishedDiamond. Never mind of theoutward rough appearance if
we could have shining partwithin.

Notebook (copy) 1883, 1 volume, 19.5×12cm
This notebook was used by Niijima from around 1883. On page 75 is an excerpt of the letter
he wrote to N.G. Clark of the American Board. The sentences (in the red box above) written
under the phrase “A policy for our training school” in blue imply the attitude Niijima expectedof students at the Academy. [The words inside the red box were posted in PRESIDENT Vol.53,
Issue 4 (published on January 26, 2015).]

Branch of Chastisement (copy) Meiji period, 3 pieces, the largest 60cm
In April 1880, senior students led sophomores in a protest against the school, leading
Doshisha into turmoil. On the 13th of April Niijima addressed the students at the morning
chapel hour, telling them that the troubles were the result of his poor leadership, rather thantheir disobedience. To punish himself for this failure, Niijima used this branch to repeatedly
strike the palm of his hand. The incident deeply impressed the students with Niijima’s
integrity and deep Christian faith and became a lesson passed down to subsequent
generations of Doshisha faculty and students.
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Exhibition Documents

〔
ト身ナ政赤
ヲニル事枠
望充男上内
テ満児之〕
止シノ実
マタ乏況
サルシハ
ル丈キ実
ナ夫ヲニ
リノ覚実
起ヘ着
リ益ナ
来良ル
ラ心真
ン之面
コ全目

Letter from Niijima Jo to Yokota Yasutada (copy, portion) November 23, 1889,
1item, 18×169cm

On November 23, 1889, Niijima wrote this letter to a fifth-year Doshisha student named
Yokota Yasutada. Niijima writes about the new Meiji Constitution and the responsibilities
awaiting the nation’s new legislature (the Diet). He also uses the expression “conscience,”
saying “I earnestly desire that young people of conscience will be raised and sent out.” Thesewords, which formed the central ideal of Niijima’s school, were later inscribed on monuments
and placed at Doshisha as well as at Phillips Academy, a school Niijima attended in the UnitedStates.

〔
礎明大赤
ト開学枠
申化ハ内
シノ学〕
テ源問
苦トノ
カ申仕
ラス上
スマケ
タ所
否ト
一成
国リ
ノ又
基文

Draft of Niijima’s Speech (copy, portion) April 12, 1888, 4 sheets, 21×33cm
This is the draft of the speech to raise funds for the establishment of a university that Niijima
gave at the gathering held at Chion-in Temple on April 12, 1888. In the speech, Niijima
expressed with his own words what role the university he was planning to open would playin Japanese society. For Niijima, a university was a place to complete studies and, at the sametime, an important social component that forms the basis of a nation that creates and develops
civilization. [The words inside the red box were posted in PRESIDENT Vol.53, Issue 18(published on June 22, 2015).]
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Exhibition Documents

一一一一一〔赤清饑神志取堅天時真木草精丈深騶枠内
心渇色在義忍真危理不不神夫山虞〕
者暴奇千為不爛思照怨謝一起大不福義骨里仁抜慢偉丹落栄到処沢折矣
人心於於金自生生
秋春石由竜草風風亦家蛇茎徹一一一一一一一一一

Letter from Niijima Jo to Tokutomi Iichiro (copy) November 9, 1889,
1 item,15.9×81.1cm

In this letter to Tokutomi Iichiro dated November 9, 1889, Niijima listed a few phrase
suggestions for a piece of calligraphy in response to Iichiro’s request. Although Niijima
casually wrote these phrases as they came to mind, reading them from the viewpoint of if hewere to write the calligraphy for someone will give us an idea of his personality and ideals.

※
押
印
は
省
略

成導てな同
すし其る志
可以の書社
きて本生ニ
事天性ヲ於
下ニ壓て
の従束ハ
人ひせ倜
物之す儻
ヲヲ務不
養順め羈

重社
ニ員
取た
扱る
ふも
可の
きハ
事
生
徒
ヲ
鄭

を以力事神同
養てあす学志
成邦りる政社す家真ニ治教るニ誠係文育を尽のら学の務す自す科目む
可可由皆学的ききヲ精等は事人愛神に其
物し活従の

待学徳同
て芸化志
行の、社
ふ進文の
可歩学前
き三政途
事者治は
等
相の基
伴隆督
ひ興教
相、の

五富新
時猪島
半一八
遺郎重
言立子
の合、
条廿小
崎
々
一弘
日道
午、
前徳

Niijima Jo’s Will (copy, portion) January 21, 1890, 1 scroll, 24.5×200cm
Niijima’s will was written on January 21, 1890, two days before his passing, in the presenceof his wife Yae and his disciples Kozaki Hiromichi and Tokutomi Iichiro. In the will, he
instructed his successors at Doshisha to engage in educational activities and school
management with sincerity and restraint, and to respect students’ individualities while
guiding them.
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Poster panel＜Nanzan Gijuku and Niijima Jo＞

１２⒈ Manuscript of Niijima Jo’s Adress at Nanzan Gijuku.
⒉ Monument Commemorating Nanzan Gijuku

Nanzan Gijuku (Academy) opened as a private school on April 30, 1882, in the area ofcurrent Kyotanabe. It is believed that it was located south of where Doshisha International
Junior School and Senior High School are now located, along the banks of the Fugenji River.
Niijima attended Nanzan’s opening ceremony and gave a congratulatory speech. In thenotes here on display, we see his message to teachers, students and parents about their
responsibilities, and we see his emphasis on a curriculum that nurtured the body, the mind
and the heart. In these notes Niijima warned against training the intellect alone, a point hemade consistently in all his educational efforts. This speech marks this the first point ofcontact between Doshisha and Kyotanabe.

< When the cherry blossoms open on Mt. Yoshino, morning andevening I am anxious about the fleecy clouds on its summit>

１２⒈ Letter from Niijima Jo to Yokota Yasutada, December 30, 1889
⒉ Group Photo: Branch of Chastisement, poem“Yoshinoyama”and second year advanced class students

This poem expresses the feeling of being anxious about when the cherry blossoms of Mount
Yoshino will fall, and it also represents Niijima’s concerns for his students. The poem often
appears in Niijima’s letters to students, and the most symbolical example is the photographof the ink-written poem, the branch of chastisement and the students who caused the
problem. In 1880, when Doshisha Academy decided to merge the two second-year classes thatwere separated by the time of their enrollment, the students of the upper class who heard thenews boycotted classes in protest. Boycotting is penalized with one-week curfew, though it waswithdrawn afterwards in this case. At the morning chapel hour on the day after thewithdrawal of punishment, Niijima said that the responsibility for the problem was on
himself, and punished himself by striking the palm of his own hand with a branch. The broken
pieces of the branch are preserved as the branch of chastisement, and the “Yoshinoyama”
poem has been passed down as the poem that expresses Niijima’s feelings at that time.
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Poster panel<Deep Mountains and Great Marshes>
Posted as “Words of Niijima Jo” at the Doshisha University Center for Christian Culture in January 2013

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２
⒈ Letter from Niijima Jo to Yokota Yasutada, December 30, 1889
⒉ Draft of a speech to raise funds for the university

This phrase is from the section “21st Year of Duke Xiang’s Rule” of the ancient Chinese book
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals. It means a large and secluded
special place that cultivates outstanding individuals, and refers to the type of school thatNiijima idealized. Niijima also uses the phrase “Dragons and snakes thrive in deep mountains
and great marshes” in the same sense. Niijima expected and believed that a school capable ofembracing and nurturing students of different personalities can produce people of excellent
character.

< The plum do not speak, yet a path is born beneath them>

桃と
う
李り
言
わ
ざ
れ
ど
も
下
自
ら
こ
径み
ち
を
為
す

This phrase is from Sima Qian’s The
Records of the Grand Historian, in thechapter “Biography of General Li.”
Literally translated as “a tree of plum
spontaneously attracts people and thatcreates a path under it,” the sentence isused by extension to mean that people
gather around an attractive person. The
sentence expresses Niijima’s hope forboth himself and his students to be thekind of person who naturally attracts
people.

。

Calligraphy by Niijima Jo “The plum do not
speak, yet a path is born beneath them”

6Poster panel<One should break like jade and should be ashamed of being likea tile>This phrase appears in the “Yuan Jing’an
寧 むし
Biography” in Volume 41 of The Book ofろNorthern Qi, compiled by Li Baiyao of the Tang
玉
Dynasty. Niijima slightly arranged the original砕
text, which says “it is better to be broken jadeを
than tiles.” A direct interpretation would be
為that a fine person should break like jade andしshould not live like a tile that remains、
unchanged for a long time. Niijima’s
瓦 がぜ
philosophy of life is shown in his use of stronger
全ん
expressions than the original text, saying thatを
one should live gracefully and be ashamed ofはliving aimlessly.
恥ず。
Calligraphy by Niijima Jo “One should break like jadeand should be ashamed of being like a tile”＜Niijima’s Vision for Doshisha University＞

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1. Draft, “Outline and Plans for Founding Doshisha University”1882 (Meiji 15)
2. Doshisha University’s Founding Principles, 1888 (Meiji 21)

Seven years after opening his school, Niijima began raising funds to establish a university. At
that time Tokyo University was the only institution of higher education in Japan that could
legally use the title “university.” In his writings Niijima explained the necessity of a university,
arguing thatin countries like the United States and England a university plays a vital role in
the life of a nation and its society. Upon this premise, in 1882 Niijima created a plan for auniversity with five departments: religious studies and philosophy, medicine, law, naturalsciences and literature. By 1888 (Meiji 22) the departments of theology, politics, economics,
philosophy, literature and law were deemed particularly important. Though matching thelatest educational trends as they developed throughout the world, Doshisha remainedcommitted to grounding that education in unchanging Christian moral precepts.
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Poster panel＜Chapel Hour (Sponsored by the Center for Christian Culture)＞

Doshisha University Kyotanabe Kaido KOTOBA-KAN Chapel

To encourage spiritual reflection, the Center for Christian Culture holds three weekly Chapel
Hour worship services during the spring and fall semesters in different chapels on the
Imadegawa and Kyotanabe campuses. The services feature messages of Christian reflection
and thoughts on the problems of contemporary living from ministers, professors and otherguests, and congregants share hymns, prayer, Bible reading, blessings and encouragement.
Everyone is welcome, whether student, staff, faculty or community member.
Kyotanabe Campus

Imadegawa Campus

Tue.

Lunchtime（12：35～13：00）

17：30～18：10

Wed.

Lunchtime（12：35～13：00）

10：45～11：30

Fri.

Lunchtime（12：35～13：00）

Lunchtime（12：35～13：00）

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Poster panel＜Doshisha’s Spirit on the Basis of Christianity＞

Diagram Showing the Relationship between Christianity and Doshisha’s Educational Philosophy

Christianity is the central support of Doshisha’s other pillars: liberalism, andinternationalism. Together, these principles shaped the central character of Doshisha.
Niijima respected each individual student as the unique creation of God. From that basis,
Doshisha is committed to nurturing each individual student. As a result of this educational
system, Doshisha has produced many talented people who have pioneered in various fields,
and brought into their work the Scriptural commands to value each person as “the salt of
the earth” (Matthew 5:13) and the “light of the world” (Mathew 5:14).
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Display Theme:
As a Christian

Until his illegal departure from Japan at the age of 21, Niijima
studied the Chinese classics, mainly in Edo, as part of education
as a samurai. Based on this knowledge, he spent the rest of hislife as a dedicated Christian and a minister who led people to
Christianity. This section presents materials related to his
activities as a Christian.

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Exhibition Documents

Niijima Jo’s Bible (copy) date unknown,1 volume, 21×14cm
In the year after Niijima arrived in America, Alpheus Hardy became the guardian of a young
man named Joshua Montgomery Sears (1854-1905) who gave Niijima this Bible. Niijima
already had a condensed Bible translated into Chinese, so this English Bible was the firsttime he had ever seen the full text. In this Bible we see Niijima’s many handwritten notes,
indicating his deepening curiosity and faith.
[Inside the red box]
The great intentionof the sovereign ofheaven and earth isto love people. We
should respect that
intention and loveothers.

Draft of Niijima’s Speech “To Love People”(copy, portion) Meiji period, 5 sheets, 24×32cm

The words inside the red box appear in Niijima’s speech draft “To Love People” as the words
indicating the significance of neighborly love, which is a common truth across religions. In
this speech draft, Niijima picked up the word “aikoku (patriotism),” which was frequently
spoken of among people at the time, and explained what it was to love one’s country according
to Christianity. He writes that to love one’s country means to love people, and explains theuniversality of neighborly love by quoting the Bible “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus
19:18) and introducing Confucius’ concept of Zhong-shu (to be loyal to one’s conscience and beconsiderate of others). These words symbolize the common ground between Christianity andother precepts. [The words inside the red box were posted in PRESIDENT Vol.53, Issue 32(published on October 26, 2015) and as “Words of Niijima Jo” at the Doshisha University
Center for Christian Culture in January 2012.]
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Exhibition Documents[Inside the red box]
The joy of life is not found in
the achievement of your own
happiness, nor in the pursuitof social status or wealth. It is
achieved by walking the true
path, devoting yourself to thetrue path and benefiting
others through the true path.

Sermon Draft “Mission” (copy, portion) 1888, 4 sheets, 24.5×34.5cm
The “true path” inside the red box presumably refers to Christianity. Niijima says that one’s
happiness can be achieved not through fortune or fame but by making other people happy
through Christianity. In this sermon draft “Mission,” in which these words appear, Niijima
points out the self-centered atmosphere in Japanese society caused by the loss of influence ofindigenous religions after the Meiji Restoration, and argues that the time has come tocultivate in people an equivalent religious mindset as in civilized countries, i.e. to preach
Christianity in Japan. This is an example of Niijima's words that demonstrates how he lived
as a Christian. [The words inside the red box were posted in PRESIDENT Vol.54, Issue 3(published on December 28, 2015).][Inside the red box]
December 4, 19th Year
John 16:33 I have overcome
the world

Sermon Draft “I have overcome the world” (copy, portion) 1886, 4 sheets, 12.5×20cm
The sentence inside the red box is taken from John 16:33 and is the title of the sermon. This
sermon covers chapters 16 to 20 of the Gospel of John, from Jesus’ last sermon to his
crucifixion. With the sentence “I have overcome the world,” Jesus tried to tell in his last
sermon that justice is with himself who is persecuted and not with the world. The words canbe associated with the situation in which Christians were placed during the Meiji period. [Thewords inside the red box were posted as “Words from the Bible” at the Doshisha University
Center for Christian Culture in June 2011.]
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Exhibition Documents[Inside the red box]
Truth is not limited to only one
country, nor only one county,
village or town.
A prisoner of truth is a truly
free person.

Sermon Draft “Prisoner of Truth” (copy) Meiji period, 1 sheet, 13×19.8cm
The sentence inside the red box explains what it is to live by faith. The truth mentioned here
refers to Christianity, and is described as universal. It also states that becoming a prisoner oftruth, i.e. becoming a Christian, makes you a truly free person. Niijima explains in this draftthat a free person is someone who is not swayed by self-interest, who believes in justice and is
not shaken even in adversity, and who maintains incorruptible virtue. [The words inside thered box were posted as “Words of Niijima Jo” at the Doshisha University Center for Christian
Culture in May 2013.]

Calligraphy, “The source of self-government and freedom”(copy）1888, 1 piece, 23.5×17cm

Niijima believed that “a nation could not improve through the strength of just a few heroes.
Instead, it depends on citizens who are both knowledgeable and virtuous and this in turnrequires an educational system that unites the nation.” These are ideas Niijima outlined in
his “Purposes of the Foundation of Doshisha University” and that guided him in the creationof Doshisha. In Japan in the age of the new Meiji Constitution, Niijima aimed at producing“self-governing, independent citizens,” and a “national conscience.” In this exhibit we see thecalligraphy in which Niijima inscribed these ideals.
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Poster panel＜Rutland Speech＞

Oil Painting of Niijima’s Rutland SpeechGrace Church

Ordained by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions as a missionary toJapan, Niijima made a dramatic speech at the Board’s 65th annual meeting at Grace Church
in Rutland, Vermont. For the first time Niijima talked about his dream to build a Christianschool in Japan. His audience was captivated and he quickly collected around $5,000 tofurther his plan. This donation provided the financial foundation for Doshisha.

＜Number 30 Classroom＞

Number 30 Classroom

At the time of Doshisha’s founding, there were many who opposed the opening of a Christianschool, particularly in Kyoto. However, the Kyoto Prefectural Governor, Makimura Masanao(1834-1896), agreed to the plan so long as the school did not teach the Bible. Niijima agreed solong as he was not restricted from teaching the Bible off campus. Following this, Niijima
rented an abandoned shop at Daimoncho where the Amherst House currently stands, and it
was there that he taught classes on the Bible. This classroom was known as the Number 30
classroom.
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Poster panel＜Doshisha Chapel＞

Doshisha Chapel, shortly after completion

Doshisha Chapel Interior, shortly after completion

Approximately six months before the chapel’s completion, the cornerstone was laid on
December 12, 1885 (Meiji 18). At this time Niijima spoke about the deep connection between
religion and education, saying that the chapel was the foundation, the symbol and the soul ofDoshisha. The chapel continues to play a central role in the religious life of Doshisha.

<Blessed are the pure in heart>

Calligraphy by Niijima Jo “Blessed are the pure in heart”

This phrase was taken from Matthew 5:8, the so-called Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus
preached to people at the top of a mountain. In the original text, this phrase was followed by“for they shall see God,” saying that those who have faith will understand God in the heart.
Suzuki Kiyoshi, who received this calligraphy as a gift, was the founder of Sekishinsha, anorganization involved in the development of Hokkaido. Suzuki himself also worked for thedevelopment project in Motourakawa in Hokkaido

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Poster panel<Communion with Meiji-period Christian Leaders in Japan>

Group Photo at the 3rd Nationwide Gathering of Followers of Christianity, 1883

The social gathering for Christians across Japan was held four times between 1878 and 1885.
Niijima participated in at least the second and third gatherings, and sent a letter from abroadfor the fourth gathering. While Doshisha is based on the Congregational church, people fromdifferent denominations gathered at this event to deepen friendship and exchange
information. Niijima also seem to have actively communicated with leaders of other churches.

＜Christianity and the Natural Sciences in Doshisha’s Early Years＞

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２⒈ Harada Naojiro, Portrait of Yamazaki Tamenori⒉ Yamazaki Tamenori, Causal Theory of the Universe

In the mid-19th century the ties between religion and the natural sciences were very strong.
What was called “natural theology” taught that God could be understood by the natural world
as well as the Bible. God’s design would eventually explain even those things that werecurrently not understood. In 1859, however, Charles Darwin published On the Origins ofSpecies, which argued that natural selection was the primary means of biological evolution.
Niijima studied the natural sciences in the late 1860s and early 1870s when natural theology
still had a strong influence. Even so, Niijima encouraged discussion of evolution and natural
theology in even the earliest days after founding Doshisha Academy. In 1878 (Meiji 11), forinstance, the American missionary John Thomas Gulick gave lectures at both Tokyo
University and Doshisha on the theory of evolution, and in 1880 (Meiji 13) a Doshisha
freshman named Yamazaki Tamenori published his Causal Theory of the Universe thatsought to demonstrate the harmony between science and religion.
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Poster panel＜Christianity: The Backbone of Doshisha’s Curriculum＞

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Poster panel＜Christmas Tree, Imadegawa Campus＞

Christmas Illumination CeremonyChristmas Tree

Christmas Tree and Doshisha Chapel,
Clarke Chapel

In the four weeks leading up to Christmas, a period called Advent, Christians anticipate celebrating Christ’s
birth. At the Imadegawa Campus’ Sanctus Court a large Himalayan cedar tree is decorated for Christmas,
and has become a well-known Kyoto winter tradition. At 23 meters, it is the largest Christmas tree in Japan,
and is lit by over 13,000 LED lights. In addition, Christmas decorations adorn the Doshisha Chapel,
Shōeikan as well as Clarke Memorial Hall (all National Important Cultural Properties). The festive
atmosphere reminds us of the heritage, dating back to the Meiji era, of this Christian school.

18Document list（all the copies）
title
Display Theme: As an Educator
Notebook
Branch of Chastisement
Letter from Niijima Jo to Yokota
Yasutada
Draft of Niijima’s Speech
Letter from Niijima Jo to Tokutomi
IichiroNiijima Jo’s Will
Display Theme: As a Christian
Niijima Jo’s Bible
Draft of Niijima’s Speech “To Love
People”
Sermon Draft “Mission”
Sermon Draft “I have overcome
the world”
Sermon Draft “Prisoner of Truth”
Calligraphy, “The source of selfgovernment and freedom”

authurdatesize（cm）

numberNiijima Jo-

1883
Meiji period

Niijima Jo

November 23,1889

18×1691 itemDoshisha Archives Center

Niijima Jo

April 12, 1888

21×33

4 sheets

Doshisha Archives Center

Niijima Jo

November 9, 1889

15.9×81.1

1 itemDoshisha Archives Center

Tokutomi Iichiro

January 21,1890

24.5×200

1 scroll

Doshisha Archives Center

19.5×12
1 volume
the largest 60 3 pieces

ownerDoshisha Archives Center
Doshisha Archives Center

-

-

21×14

1 volume

Doshisha Archives Center

Niijima Jo

Meiji period

24×32

5 sheets

Doshisha Archives Center

Niijima Jo

1888

24.5×34.5

4 sheets

Doshisha Archives Center

Niijima Jo

1886

12.5×20

4 sheets

Doshisha Archives Center

Niijima Jo

Meiji period

13×19.8

1 sheetDoshisha Archives Center

Niijima Jo

1888

23.5×17

1 piece

Doshisha Archives Center

Photography list
Title

Photograph

Date

Owner

1882

Doshisha Archives Center

Monument Commemorating Nanzan Gijuku

Showa period

Doshisha Archives Center

Letter from Niijima Jo to Yokota Yasutada

December 30,1889

Doshisha Archives Center

Group Photo: Branch of Chastisement, poem
“Yoshinoyama” and second year advanced
class students

1880

Doshisha Archives Center

Letter from Niijima Jo to Yokota Yasutada

Display Theme: As an Educator

Nanzan Gijuku and Niijima Jo

When the cherry blossoms open on Mt.
Yoshino, morning and evening I am anxious
about the fleecy clouds on its summit

Manuscript of Niijima Jo’s Adress
at Nanzan Gijuku.

December 30,1889

Doshisha Archives Center

Draft of a speech to raise funds
for the university

Meiji period

Doshisha Archives Center

The plum do not speak, yet a path is born
beneath themCalligraphy by Niijima Jo “The plum do not
speak, yet a path is born beneath them”

Meiji period

Doshisha Archives Center

One should break like jade and should beashamed of being like a tile

Calligraphy by Niijima Jo “One should breaklike jade and should be ashamed of being like atile”

Meiji period

Doshisha Archives Center

Draft, “Outline and Plans for Founding
Doshisha University”

1882

Doshisha Archives Center

Doshisha University’s Founding Principles

1888

Doshisha Archives Center

Deep Mountains and Great Marshes

Niijima's Vision for Doshisha University

Chapel Hour

Doshisha University Kyotanabe Kaido
KOTOBA-KAN Chapel

modern time

Center for Christian Culture

Conscience Education

Ryoshinhi(stele of Conscience Education)

modern time

Center for Christian Culture

Diagram Showing the Relationship between
Doshisha's Spirit on the Basis of Christianity Christianity and Doshisha’s Educational
Philosophy

modern time

Center for Christian Culture

Oil Painting of Niijima’s Rutland SpeechShowa period

Doshisha Archives Center

Grace Churchmodern time

Doshisha Archives Center

Number 30 Classroom

Meiji period

Doshisha Archives Center

Doshisha Chapel, shortly after completion

1880s

Doshisha Archives Center

Doshisha Chapel Interior, shortly after
completion

Display Theme: As a Christian
Rutland Speech
Number 30 Classroom

Doshisha Chapel

1880s

Doshisha Archives Center

Blessed are the pure in heart

Calligraphy by Niijima Jo “Blessed are the purein heart”

Meiji period

Doshisha Archives Center

Communion with Meiji-period Christian
Leaders in Japan

Group Photo at the 3rd Nationwide Gatheringof Followers of Christianity

1883

Doshisha Archives Center

Harada Naojiro, Portrait of Yamazaki Tamenori

Meiji period

Doshisha Archives Center

1881

Institute for Study of Humanities andSocial Sciences

2018

Center for Christian Culture

Doshisha Chapel

modern time

Center for Christian Culture

Clarke Chapel

modern time

Center for Christian Culture

Chapel in Divinity Hall

modern time

Center for Christian Culture

Christmas Treemodern time

Center for Christian Culture

Christmas Illumination Ceremonymodern time

Center for Christian Culture

Christmas Tree and Doshisha Chapel, Clarke
Chapelmodern time

Center for Christian Culture

Christianity and the Natural Sciences in
Doshisha’s Early Years

Yamazaki Tamenori, Causal Theory of the

Universe
Christianity: The Backbone of Doshisha’s
Curriculum

Chapels in Imadegawa Campas(Doshisha
Chapel, Clarke Chapel in Divinity Hall)

Christmas Tree, Imadegawa Campus

Including in the pamphlet"Chirstian Principles
as the Foundation of Education"

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Doshisha Kyotanabe Kaido HIKARI-KAN Exhibition:

Words of Niijima Jo
Editor: Doshisha Archives Center
Publisher: Center for Christian Culturec Doshisha Archives Center and Center for Christian Culture○