Title: Samurai and silk
Description: Book about the two families who were Haru Matsukata's ancestors. The Arai and the Matsukata. Arai being a Silk merchant and Matsukata from a Samurai line.
Subjects: Biography, Businessmen, Businesspeople, Japanese, Statesmen, Statesmen, japan, Japanese, united states, Businesspeople, biography, Japanese americans
Places: Japan, United States
People: Arai family, Masayoshi Matsukata (1835-1924), Matsukata family, Ryoichiro Arai (b. 1855), Ryōichirō Arai (1855-1939)
Time periods: 1876-1950