caption death_date nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
miki sawada in 1952 12 may 1980 japan 19 september 1901 sawada_miki . jpg miki sawada
 miki sawada social worker
miki sawada

she was born as a daughter of baron hisaya iwasaki who was known as the richest man in japan -lrb- and thus the granddaughter of iwasaki yataro , the founder of the mitsubishi zaibatsu conglomerate -rrb- .
she married a japanese diplomat renzo sawada , who represented japan as united nations ambassador .
after world war ii , she founded the elizabeth saunders home to help mixed-race children in oiso , kanagawa , japan .
during her life outside of japan as the wife of diplomat , she met and became friends with the people who helped her later found elizabeth saunders home in future .
she learned painting from marie laurencin when she lived in paris , france .
she met josephine baker in paris and helped her stay at miki 's house in new york .
she also became friends with pearl sydenstricker buck and grace kelly in new york .
