ABSTRACT
On April 5, 1921, Nishina boarded the Kitanomaru at Kobe and sailed to Europe. His voyage would last a month. Years later he told his younger son, Kojiro: “Many members of my family and relatives came to say good-bye. I could see your grandmother waving her hands until almost everyone left the dock. I can remember the scene vividly even now.” Nishina was his mother’s favorite, and she was so depressed by his departure that, upon her return home from the dock, she fell ill. She died 18 months later, on October 3, 1922, never seeing her beloved Yoshio again.4
