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Maud Powlas, Missionary in
Japan
 Maud O. Powlas, 1889-1980, was
the founder and developer of Jiai-en, the Lutheran Colony of Mercy, in
Kumamoto, Japan. She sailed for Japan in 1918 and except for the war
years, 1941-1945, she remained there as a missionary until she retired
in 1960. At the time of her death, the colony had grown into a network
of twenty-one institutions in different localities. A particular tribute
to her work and that of the Colony was this visit paid by Emperor
Hirohito in 1949.
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