Tama Kurokawa, Lady Arnold (1869–1962) was the third wife of Sir

Edwin Arnold Sir Edwin Arnold KCIE CSI (10 June 183224 March 1904) was an English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work ''The Light of Asia''.Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...

City,

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on November 21, 1869. At the time of her marriage in 1897 she was said to be the only Japanese woman bearing an English title. She and Sir Edwin lived in London where she wore her kimono in the privacy of her home but western clothes in public. She was the only family member present when her husband died in 1904. In 1924, she participated in an international convention in

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and

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organized by Princess Karadja, founder of the

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. In 1928, she was a member of the

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References

*"Lady Edwin Arnold", The Lima (Ohio) News; July 9, 1898 *"Edwin Arnold is Dead", The Marshall (Michigan) Expounder; April 1, 1904 * 1869 births 1962 deaths Japanese expatriates in the United Kingdom People from Sendai {{Japan-bio-stub