Two years later he finally resigned from his post and moved with Asao to Yasuda (安
田), Chiba Prefecture. Thereafter, he devoted his life to science journalism.
From November to December 1922, Einstein made a lecture tour to Sendai,
Tokyo, and Kyoto, under the sponsorship of the publisher Kaizo Sha (改造社).
Ishiwara acted as an interpreter during Einstein’s stay in Japan and published a book
entitled A Collection of Einstein’s Lectures, which was coauthored with a painter
named Okamoto Ippei (岡本一平). Einstein and Ishiwara became very close friends
during this tour (Ishiwara, H. 1971) (Figs. 5.3 and 5.4).
Fig. 5.3 Photograph of Einstein and the staff of the Department of Physics. Left to right: Honda
Kotaro (本多光太郎), Einstein, Aichi Keiichi (愛知敬一), and Kusakabe Shirota (日下部四郎太),
Tohoku University, December 1922. (After Tohoku University東北大学史料館 要使用許可)
Fig. 5.4 Image of Einstein
and Ishiwara at Chion-In
Temple (知恩院) in Kyoto,
sketched by Okamoto Ippei.
(Ishiwara, H. 1971)
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田), Chiba Prefecture. Thereafter, he devoted his life to science journalism.
From November to December 1922, Einstein made a lecture tour to Sendai,
Tokyo, and Kyoto, under the sponsorship of the publisher Kaizo Sha (改造社).
Ishiwara acted as an interpreter during Einstein’s stay in Japan and published a book
entitled A Collection of Einstein’s Lectures, which was coauthored with a painter
named Okamoto Ippei (岡本一平). Einstein and Ishiwara became very close friends
during this tour (Ishiwara, H. 1971) (Figs. 5.3 and 5.4).
Fig. 5.3 Photograph of Einstein and the staff of the Department of Physics. Left to right: Honda
Kotaro (本多光太郎), Einstein, Aichi Keiichi (愛知敬一), and Kusakabe Shirota (日下部四郎太),
Tohoku University, December 1922. (After Tohoku University東北大学史料館 要使用許可)
Fig. 5.4 Image of Einstein
and Ishiwara at Chion-In
Temple (知恩院) in Kyoto,
sketched by Okamoto Ippei.
(Ishiwara, H. 1971)
124
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