Sword Returns from Japan

Aboard the steamship Tatsuta Maru that landed in town last week Tuesday, the Japanese sword given in 1860 to Samuel Damon, the one who gave good fortune to Manjiro Nakahama, the first Japanese sailor who traveled to the United States, and who became an interpreter for Commodore Perry at Yokohama.

Last June the sword was taken by W. Araki, the secretary of the Japanese American Association of Kansai, to the town of Seki where it was forged five centuries ago.

It was however returned at this time, being beautifully polished, to Mrs. Henry Damon, the current owner, the granddaughter of Samuel Damon.

At the Pan-Pacific club house, on the evening of the 16th of November, is when the sword will be on display.

That is the actual date of the golden anniversary of the marriage of Prince Iyesato Tokugawa.

[I wonder where this is today.]

(Alakai o Hawaii, 11/10/1932, p. 2)