No one Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Dear Gentlemen, The "Monument to Commemorate the Visit of His Imperial Highness Crown Prince of Russia Nicolas II" : and near by, 2mm walk : Shimazu Hisamitsu - Wikipedia and his son the last lord of Satsuma : Shimazu Tadayoshi (2nd) - Wikipedia - note : photos taken this morning! For the Shimazu clan - Wikipedia Yours sincerely, No one Dear Gentlemen, I just picked up this anecdote: "Nicholas left Nagasaki by boat and decided to pay a quick visit to Kagoshima. Odd rumors had started to spread that Nicholas somehow had returned to give back Saigo Takamori, who’d famously led the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877 but had reportedly killed himself. Hopeful Takamori devotees wanted to believe that instead of suicide Takamori “took refuge in the vast Russian expanses.” Untrue of course, Nicholas was still able to satisfy his desire to learn from the old samurai culture. At least 170 samurai greeted Nicholas dressed in full body armor. One samurai, Shimazu Tadayoshi, showed Nicholas how to fire an arrow while on a galloping horse. All of this, reported in the news, would have only inflamed Sanzo, who believed Nicholas should have started his trip respectfully by bowing before the emperor in Tokyo." Yours sincerely, No one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Very rare two Russian Imperial orders for Non-Christians that were awarded to Shimazu Tadayoshi https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-st-alexander-nevsky-and-white-eagle-for-non-christians-of-shimazu-tadayoshi.25592/. Tsarevich Nicholas himself handed them over to Shimazu Tadayoshi on behalf of Emperor Alexander III. Best, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No one Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) Dear JapanX, Do you know why, when and how those to orders are in Mito and not in Kagoshima in the Shoko Shuseikan / 尚古集成館 or Sengan-en / 仙巌園? Sengan-en - Wikipedia Yours sincerely, No one Edited March 17, 2023 by No one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Unfortunately I have no information regarding the issue. Regards, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No one Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Dear JapanX, OK, thank you. Yours sincerely, No one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No one Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Dear Gentlemen, 5/4 years ago there were many events to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restauration. One of them was an exposition of Satsuma ware. It included two beautiful pieces made especially for Nicolas II, and presented to him when he visited Kagoshima : Yours sincerely. No one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No one Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) Dear Gentlemen, Last Sunday, I contacted both Sengan-en and the Mito Museum. Sengan-en answered today : フランソワ様 拝復 仙巌園学芸員の岩川です。 お問い合わせいただきありがとうございます。 島津家がロシア帝国から頂戴した２つの勲章は いずれも島津家の歴史資料館・尚古集成館に収蔵しています。 水戸の方は別のものか、特別企画展で博物館から貸し出したものかと思われます。 ご確認よろしくお願いします。 それでは失礼します。 仙厳園 ご担当者様 Here is the translation : This is Iwakawa, a curator at Sengan-en. Thank you for your inquiry. The two medals that the Shimazu family received from the Russian Empire are both housed in the Shimadzu family history museum, Shoko Shuseikan. The one in Mito is thought to be a different one, or one that was lent out from the museum for a special exhibition. The curator of the Mito Museum is away for the moment, but he will send a reply as soon as he is back. "フランソワ・パトリック様 勲章に関するお問い合わせをいただき、ありがとうございます。 先日、お電話を承りました平澤と申します。 3/20、3/21は休館しておりましたので、返信が遅くなり失礼いたしました。 担当の学芸員が出張で不在のため、回答に数日ほどお時間をいただきます。 ご了承のほどよろしくお願いいたします。" Yours sincerely, No one Edited March 22, 2023 by No one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No one Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Dear Gentlemen, I got an answer to my second email to Sengan-en: "拝復 仙巌園の岩川です。 お問い合わせの件、普段は展示していません。 現在のところ、近々展示する予定はないようです。 仙厳園 岩川様" (Regarding your inquiry, we don't usually exhibit. As of now, there are no plans to display them in the near future.) Yours sincerely, No one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No one Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Dear Gentlemen, The answer from Mito Museum: " 水戸市立博物館の藤井と申します。 勲章の件でお問い合わせいただきありがとうございました。 そして返事が遅くなってしまい、申し訳ございません。 お問い合わせいただいた勲章ですが、水戸市立博物館では収蔵しておりません。 もしかすると、茨城県立歴史館の方が何か情報を持っているかもしれません。 十分にお力になれる回答ではなく、申し訳ございません。 よろしくお願いいたします。" (My name is Fujii from the Mito City Museum. "Thank you for inquiring about the medal." "And I apologize for the late reply." "Regarding the medal you inquired about, it is not stored at the Mito City Museum." "Perhaps the Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History may have some information." "I'm sorry that this is not an answer that can help you enough." Thank you.) Yours sincerely, No one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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