Read Roden’s article and discuss following questions:
1. Is the article really about baseball, or something else? (Briefly state in 2-3 lines)
2. What does the article tell you about the early relationship between Japan and the U.S.?
3. What does the article tell us about the views "ordinary" Japanese and Americans had of one another in
the
late 19th century? This question helps to analyze answers to Question 2. In other words, Q2 and Q3 are
related. You might want to consider additional questions below:
a. Was that relationship different from the relationship between the U.S. and other European
nation’s representatives living in Japan? Was Japan’s relationship to "the West" (represented
in Yokohama) different from its relationship to the U.S.?
b. Yokohama is often referred to in this period as "a Western enclave." What does Roden’s
article suggest that mean?
Your response should reflect your own opinions, informed by reading assignments, lecture, class discussion, and
images shown in class. No outside reading should be cited or consulted. Your grade will be determined by how
well you use assigned readings and information gained in lecture and discussion.
