Flowers of Formosa, Dawn of Formosa- Historical Novel Galore
A magnificent 'Bangas' at Banqiao Lin Family Mansion. Sadly the tree died a few years ago left behind a beautiful legacy. Photo credit: Banqiao Lin Family. A 1936 Gakuyū Nenkan ( 学友年鑑 School friend almanac) edition of my father’s collection is used in ‘Dawn of Formosa’ page 470 to illustrate a key character’s migration route after WWII from Japan to the former Japanese puppet-state of Manchuria and back to Taiwan. Highly recommend addition - K.M.Lawson's excellent overview of the almanac is seen HERE . ( https://www.froginawell.net/frog/2020/06/a-childs-guide-to-japanese-empire/) Source: Taiwan e-Leaning and Digital Archives Program (https://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/66/9c/d5.html) Toshiko Sekiya (關屋敏子) - g randdaughter of Charles Le Gendre (A French-born American officer and diplomat who served in Japan from 1872 to 1875 and Korea from 1890 to 1899) was a well-known soprano prior to her suicide ...