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An American taught the Japanese crown prince.,
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This review is from: Windows for the Crown Prince (Hardcover)
In 1946, a year after Japanese surrender to the US, emperor Hirohito wanted to have an American lady to be a tutor for his son, crown prince Akihito. Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, an intelligent Quaker, was chosen. The first time in Japanese history, they accepted a foreigner into behind the "Bamboo Curtain," the imperial family circle.
The book was written by Mrs. Vining herself, who spent four years in Japan as an exclusive tutor, describes extraordinary experience with the Imperial Family. |
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Windows for the Crown Prince by Elizabeth Gray Vining (Hardcover - June 1952)
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