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Description

2024/7/22 - 2024/10/5 / 千葉県 佐倉市 / Other

Room 3, Feature Exhibit "Memories of the Squire Family － From the Estate of an English Engineer －"

Through the belongings of a family of British engineers who lived in Japan in the early 20th century, we get a glimpse of their life in Japan ！.

In the 31st year of Meiji （ 1898 ）, an English engineer, George ・ Squire （ 1868-1930 ）, was invited to Japan. At a time when Japan's modern paper industry was rapidly developing and mills were opening all over the country, George was given complete control of the Senju paper mill in Kokura, Kyushu, where he shuttled by boat between Kokura and the company headquarters in Tokyo, paying close attention to everything from training to paying the workers. Later, Mrs. Lydia and their two young daughters joined them. During the three years they lived in Kokura, Mrs. Lydia educated her daughters, Marjorie and Dorothy, at home, while teaching English to the neighbors.
The Squires regularly took photographs of the sisters at the Moriyama Kunizo Photo Studio in Kokura. The Moriyama's second son, Tamezo, learned English from Mrs. Lydia, and the two families maintained a close relationship that continued long after the Squires returned to England.
The Squire family memorabilia from their time in Japan was donated to Durham University in England after the sisters passed away around 1980. This exhibition offers a glimpse into their life in Japan through the artifacts of a family of British engineers who lived in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century.
This exhibition is a jointly sponsored project with Durham University, with which the museum has a memorandum of understanding for research cooperation.


[Admission]
600 yen for adults, 250 yen for university students, free for high school students and younger
*The general exhibition is also available.
*People with disabilities may enter the museum free of charge with a caregiver upon presentation of a disability certificate.
*High school and university students must show their student ID.
*Please show your museum ticket stub to enter the Botanical Garden of Life on the same day.
Show the stub from the Botanical Garden and get a discount for admission to the Museum on the same day.


[Organizer]
Oriental Museum of Durham University
National Museum of Japanese History, Inter-University Research Institute for Humanities

[Contact]

050-5541-8600 （ Hello Dial ）