Project Gutenberg 2022-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 637 Irwin, Wallace 1876 1959 Kirby, Rollin 1875 1952 Kirby, Rollin G. 09004915 Letters of a Japanese schoolboy ("Hashimura Togo") $aUnited States :$bDoubleday, Page & Company,$c1909. Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy ('Hashimura Togo')" by Wallace Irwin is a satirical work written in the early 20th century. The text presents the humorous and often absurd experiences of a 35-year-old Japanese schoolboy named Hashimura Togo, who is navigating life as an immigrant in America. Through his letters to a New York newspaper editor, Togo shares his observations on American culture, politics, and the issues faced by Asian immigrants, all expressed in a unique and comical voice that highlights cultural misunderstandings. At the start of the text, Togo introduces himself and provides context for his situation, explaining his arrival in San Francisco and the hardships he has faced, including a recent injury from a brickbat thrown by an American. He expresses admiration for the concept of the "Noble Allies" between Japan and the United States while lamenting the difficulties he encounters due to his ethnicity, including a lack of employment opportunities. His letters reveal his attempts to assimilate into American society and critique both American culture and the perceptions of Japanese people held by his new compatriots, encapsulated in a style that blends humor and poignancy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/lettersofjapanes00irwi 20210320102232irwin 1909 us Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humorous stories Epistolary fiction United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918 -- Fiction Japanese -- United States -- Fiction PS Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 553801 2025-07-27T11:08:45.752435 text/html 536896 2024-10-19T01:52:17 text/html 2266636 2025-07-27T11:08:57.938381 application/epub+zip 2261455 2025-07-27T11:08:48.232388 application/epub+zip 355584 2025-07-27T11:08:46.778442 application/epub+zip 2630883 2025-07-27T11:09:03.896365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2575000 2025-07-27T11:08:56.659440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459562 2025-07-27T11:08:43.673482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 439470 2024-10-19T01:52:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17570 2025-07-27T11:09:04.093336 application/rdf+xml 12713 2025-07-27T11:08:47.193391 image/jpeg 2150 2025-07-27T11:08:46.963394 image/jpeg 2224880 2025-07-27T11:08:45.851435 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia