Former Harvard Professor's Relics Lie in Japanese Tomb

James Haughton Woods '87 lives on in Japan. For, in a Japanese cemetery near Lake Biwa, stands a simple monument into which has been set a casket with a few of the belongings of this Professor of Philosophy (1913-1933) who died in Japan in 1935.

Erected by his Japanese friends, the monument to Professor Woods bears the following inscription:

James Haughton Woods

Born In Boston Nov. 27, 1865

Teacher in Harvard 1903-1933

Dled in Tokyo, Jan 14, 1935

Having come to Japan In

Pursuance of Buddhist studies

entrusted to him by W. S. Bigelow

His mementoes buried here by the

side of Bigelow's relics

The unveiling was preceded by a service in a neighboring temple. At the ceremony, Professor M. Anosaki, former lecturer here, recited a passage of Sanskrit scripture. Professor Anosaki, a close friend of Professor Woods, also wrote the inscription.

To quote the Bulletin's account. "The cemetery where this unique memorial to a Harvard teacher is to be preserved commands a view of the blue waters of Lake Biwa. It is situated in the very heart of Japan, in surroundings which have many associations with the religion, philosophy, and literature of Japan, of which Professor Woods had long been an eager and sympathetic student."