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was a Japanese social worker popularly known as the Mother of 2000 American-Japanese mixed orphans. She was born as a daughter of Baron Hisaya Iwasaki, who was known as the richest man in Japan (and thus the granddaughter of Iwasaki Yataro, the founder of the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu conglomerate). She married Japanese diplomat Renzo Sawada, who represented Japan as United Nations ambassador. After World War II, she founded the Elizabeth Saunders Home to help mixed-race children in Oiso, Kanagawa, Japan. During her life outside of Japan as the wife of a diplomat, she met and became friends with the people who helped her later found the Elizabeth Saunders Home. She learned painting from Marie Laurencin when she lived in Paris, France. She met Josephine Baker in Paris and helped her stay at Miki's house in New York. She also became friends with Pearl S. Buck and Grace Kelly in New York. ==Books== *Josephine:Hungry Heart, Published September 2001,Publisher:Cooper Square Pub *The least of these, Published March 1981, Publisher: Weatherhill 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miki Sawada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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