Call Number:

MC.975.03.058

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.04 linear ft. (2 volumes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Seiju Hirakawa commonplace book (HC.MC.975.11.001), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

Undated

Creator:

Hirakawa, Seiju

Form:

Commonplace books

Abstract:

The commonplace book of Seiju Hirakawa inlcudes extracts of poetry and religious reflection on the occasion of the Hirakawa's 50th wedding anniversary. Excerpts and quotations are arranged by topic, and cover topics such as friendship, teachers and pupils, self-expression, books, and pride. The volume also includes a personal reflection marriage, presumably written by Hirakawa.

Seiju Hirakawa (1874-?) was born in 1874, and served as the secretary of the Japan Yearly Meeting of the American Friends Service Committee beginning in 1927. He was also an educator, working as a teacher in Japanese government schools, and eventually working as the principal of the Friends' Girls' School in Tokyo.

This collection is comprised of the single volume commonplace book of Seiju Hirakawa. It inlcudes extracts of poetry and religious reflection on the occasion of the Hirakawa's 50th wedding anniversary, or the "Golden Wedding Number." Excerpts and quotations are arranged by topics, and cover topics such as friendship, teachers and pupils, self-expression, books, and pride. The volume also includes a personal reflection of marriage, presumably written by Hirakawa.