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JAPAN -- MATSUKI KOAN -- SEVERIN, R. (Portrait of the Japanese medic Matsuki Koan). (1862). Oval albumen print, laid down on cardboard. 206 x 158 mm. W. circular ticket on v°: "R[obert] Severin photographe du roi, 109 Noordeinde, La Haye" and w. blind letter stamp at the foot of the photo. -- Added: (William SAUNDERS?). (Portrait of a Chinese medic). Dated 1861 on v°. Oval albumen print, laid down on cardboard. 206 x 158 mm. -- (2).
Matsuki Koan called himself translator/physician. He studied medicine, Western civilization and Dutch in Japan. In 1862 he accompanied the Takeuchi delegation to Europe as physician/translator. Later on, Matsuki was to work for the Japanese government and assumed the name of Terashima Munenori.€ 150
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