ILLUSTRATIONS

Joseph C. Grew Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Ambassador and Mrs. Grew, \\ith Bishop James De Wolfe Perry,
before the memorial to Commodore Nathaniel G. Perry at
Shimoda, Japan . 64

Along the coast of the I/u Peninsula, near \vhere Commodore

Perry landed 65

Dedicating the monument to Townsend Harris at the Zempukuji
(a Shinto temple]), site of the first American Legation in
Japan 65

A tank passing through the street outside the Embassy 96

Sandbags in front of the American Embassy 96

A barricade in front of the Embassy 96

Admiral Viscount Saito, assassinated in the February 26 Incident,
and his granddaughter 97

Group of American-Japanese diplomats taken on the occasion
of the visit to Japan of the new Governor-General of the
Philippines. 160

Group of American and Japanese Admiralty chiefs present on
the occasion referred to above 160

Manuel Quezon, then President of the Philippine Islands,
arrives in Tokyo, 1937 161

Helen Keller visits the Embassy garden 161

Imperial Duck Hunt 192

Babe Ruth and " Lefty " (VDoul stare at Ambassador Crew's
method of putting 192

The Ambassador attends the Tokyo Golf Club's annual luncheon
for the winners of the women's tournament 193

The Ambassador attends a geisha dinner 193

Ambassador and Mrs. Grew offer their condolences to Mrs,
Hiroshi Saito and her daughters while awaiting the landing
of the ashes of the late Ambassador Saito 256