PATOUT Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Diplomat, consul, ambassador ? who is he? Hello everyone... Does anyone knows him or .........unknown ? Regards, Patout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) He is wearing court uniform for civil official. There were three highest subcategories of civil officials. Imperial appointees / 勅任官 / chokuninkan Non-Imperially appointed senior officials / 奏任官 / sōninkan Junior officials / 判任官 / hanninkan He is Sōninkan. Original line drawings for Sōninkan uniform. This is how it looks en personne. Edited October 16, 2020 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 The back of the photo reads November 3, 1899 天長節撮影 - photographed at Emperor's Birthday 従六位 - Junior Sixth Court Rank 勲六等 - 6th class [order of] merit (so now we know that he is wearing 6th class sacred treasure order) 伊谷脩 - Itani Osamu Best, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 P.S. Basic info about 奏任官 / sōninkan https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/奏任官 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Thank you Nick for this valuable information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATOUT Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 Hi Nick, Thank you for having answered to my request... and beyond !! !! with all these very useful complements about the hierarchy of the system of civil servants. Still another documentation to be carefully kept. Regards Patout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATOUT Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 Chokuninkan, soninkan & hanninkan HI Nick, You had published some time already (2020) see above, very interesting sketches on the uniforms of civilian personnel chokinkan and soninkan. Since that time, all the uniforms I’ve seen on sale are always called chokuninkan or soninkan uniforms and never hanninkan. Does that mean the uniforms for the soninkan and hanninkan are the same? I bought this picture of a chokuninkan a few years ago. I already saw this photo on your site, maybe it’s an old photo from your collection? But do you know who this ambassador is ?, who according to his decoration has probably been stationed in China and Belgium ! in advance, thank you for your answer Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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