Comments on: Remembering Sho Nemoto ( 根本正)- the Father of Japan`s Drinking Age Laws ( and free universal education!)- on Coming-of-Age Day http://blog.alientimes.org/2010/01/remembering-sho-nemoto-%e6%a0%b9%e6%9c%ac%e6%ad%a3-the-father-of-japans-drinking-age-laws-among-other-things-on-coming-of-age-day/ A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:42:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Avi http://blog.alientimes.org/2010/01/remembering-sho-nemoto-%e6%a0%b9%e6%9c%ac%e6%ad%a3-the-father-of-japans-drinking-age-laws-among-other-things-on-coming-of-age-day/comment-page-1/#comment-35451 Avi Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:17:55 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=2935#comment-35451 Andy, thank you very much for your comments and for the link you provide with the information on the Kaneko family and their link to Her Father`s Daughter. I will add the link to my text. Is it possible that there were mutliple sources for the character? I mean, the fact that Nemoto, who by then was already internationally well known, HAD attended junior high in California as an adult.Couldnt that precedent have given Stratton-Porter the idea of making the A student an older man, and the agent of an up and coming foreign power to boot. I cant help but feel the connection. To tell the truth, last year , when I first started studying about Nemoto, there was an article in the New York review of books which mentioned the school student in his 30`s. Please tell me what you think. Could the valedictorian elemement be based on Kaneko, while the age element is based Nemoto`s story? Im sure the readers of Tsukublog would also be interested in the story of Yun Ch`i-Ho. I certainly would be. Hope to hear more from you Avi Landau Andy, thank you very much for your comments and for the link you provide with the information on the Kaneko family and their link to Her Father`s Daughter. I will add the link to my text.
Is it possible that there were mutliple sources for the character? I mean, the fact that Nemoto, who by then was already internationally well known, HAD attended junior high in California as an adult.Couldnt that precedent have given Stratton-Porter the idea of making the A student an older man, and the agent of an up and coming foreign power to boot.

I cant help but feel the connection. To tell the truth, last year , when I first started studying about Nemoto, there was an article in the New York review of books which mentioned the school student in his 30`s.

Please tell me what you think. Could the valedictorian elemement be based on Kaneko, while the age element is based Nemoto`s story?

Im sure the readers of Tsukublog would also be interested in the story of Yun Ch`i-Ho. I certainly would be.

Hope to hear more from you

Avi Landau

]]> By: Andy http://blog.alientimes.org/2010/01/remembering-sho-nemoto-%e6%a0%b9%e6%9c%ac%e6%ad%a3-the-father-of-japans-drinking-age-laws-among-other-things-on-coming-of-age-day/comment-page-1/#comment-35442 Andy Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:45:51 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=2935#comment-35442 Interesting article about Sho Nemoto. I have done some work on Korean students in the United States, during the same time, especially Yun Ch'i-ho, whose life's trajectory is somewhat similar to Sho Nemoto's. However, it seems unlikely that Sho Nemoto was the inspiration for the character in Her Father's Daughter. This website offers a more likely explanation: http://aar.ucr.edu/HerFathersDaughter/index.html. Interesting article about Sho Nemoto. I have done some work on Korean students in the United States, during the same time, especially Yun Ch’i-ho, whose life’s trajectory is somewhat similar to Sho Nemoto’s. However, it seems unlikely that Sho Nemoto was the inspiration for the character in Her Father’s Daughter. This website offers a more likely explanation: http://aar.ucr.edu/HerFathersDaughter/index.html.

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