Tokugawa Akitake
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Tokugawa Akitake (Jp: 徳川昭武 1853-1910) was a younger brother of the Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He was born in Komagome, Tokyo, as the 18th son of Tokugawa Nariaki. Initially lord of Aizu, he became lord of Shimizu before his departure for France.[1]
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[edit] Career
Tokugawa Akitake led the Japanese delegation to the 1867 World Fair in Paris, where Japan had its own pavilion.[2] He was designated as special emissary to France and head of the Japanese delegation to the Paris exhibition on November 28, 1866. The mission left Yokohama on January 11, 1867, and reached Paris two months later.[3] The fair aroused considerable interest in Japan, and allowed many visitors to come in contact with Japanese art and techniques.[4]
Tokugawa Akitake stayed in France to pursue studies, but had to return to Japan with the Meiji restoration in 1868. Upon his return, he became Lord of the Mito Clan.[5]
In 1876, Tokugawa Akitake went to the United States, as the emissary in charge of the Japanese exhibition at the 1876 World Fair in Philadelphia. He then went to France again for studies. He would return to Japan in 1881, where he served Emperor Meiji.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu Conrad D. Totman (1980), p.279, [1]
- ^ Omoto, p.36
- ^ The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu Conrad D. Totman (1980), p.280 [2]
- ^ Polak 2001, p.35
- ^ Japan National Diet Library
- ^ Japan National Diet Library
[edit] References
- Omoto Keiko, Marcouin Francis (1990) Quand le Japon s'ouvrit au monde (French) Gallimard, Paris, ISBN 2070760847
- Polak, Christian (2001) Soie et Lumières. L'Âge d'or des échanges franco-japonais (des origines aux années 1950), 日仏交流の黄金期（江戸時代～１９５０年代）, (French and Japanese), Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Française du Japon, Hachette Fujingaho.
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[edit] External links
- The 1867 Japanese mission to Europe (Japanese)
