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pfpanimes · 9 months

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⌕ HAPPY B-DAY TAKASUGI!

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waterrr · 2 years

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go-0jou · 3 years

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girls?? girls!! ♡_♡

この犬を飛ばして缶を回す! 💥🦀🐞🦖

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kamui7 · 3 years

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talesofedo · 2 years

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Students of the bakumatsu period may already be familiar with this photo, commonly called the "Verbek photograph" because it features Dutch educator and missionary Guido Verbek steated at the center of the group, accompanied by his son, William.

It's a bit of a controversial image.

In the 1970s, Shimada Takeshi published two articles in the journal Nihon Rekishi (日本歷史, Japanese History) claiming that the picture was taken 1865 in Ueno Hikoma's Nagasaki photo studio, and that many of the samurai pictured with Verbek are people who played an important role in the Meiji restoration, such as Saigo Takamori (standing, center, behind Verbeck), Katsu Kaishu (standing, far left) and Sakamoto Ryoma (seated in front, third from right).

After Shimada's articles were published, versions of the photo began to appear that added names to all of the individuals pictured, such as the two examples in this post. They began circulating and have since used on a variety of tourism goods, such as prints and ceramic plates, and are now also widely found and cited on the internet.

However, scholars like Takahashi Shinichi point out that it's actually impossible for the picture to have been taken in March 1865, its supposed date, and still show the individuals it supposedly shows.

For example, we know based on journals and letters that many of these individuals were definitely not in or even near Nagasaki in March 1865: Sakamoto Ryoma was in Edo, and Okubo Toshimichi, Murata Shinpachi, and Nakaoka Shintaro were in Kyoto.

Takahashi believes it is most likely the image was taken after December 1868, perhaps at the end of that year or early in 1869.

He points out that Ueno Hikoma renovated his photo studio at the end of 1867 and that the previous studio layout, which was much more narrow, would not have allowed for a large group photograph like this one. After all, the group fills the available space even after renovations have been completed!

Then, if the photo was taken after late 1867, it would have been unlikely, if not impossible, for some of these people to be together in one phone: Sakamoto Ryoma, for example, was in Kyoto, where he was assassinated at the Omiya inn on 10 December 1867. It tends to be very difficult for the dead to pose for group pictures.

It is much more likely that the Verbek photograph was taken either in December 1869 or very early in 1869 and actually shows Verbeck with his students at the Chienkan.

The Chienkan was a school of Western studies set up by the Saga domain in Nagasaki in 1865, and Guido Verbek was an educator teaching a varied curriculum that included economics, law, history, politics, and languages.

We know specifically that two brothers were among the Chienkan's students: Iwakura Tomotsune and Iwakura Tomosada, who are identified correctly in both of the images above. Because that is the case, we can then date the image to a time after 10 December 1868, because that's the day they arrived at Chienkan.

Conclusion: Cool photo of the early Meiji period.

Definitely not accurately captioned.

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Related trivia:

Ueno Hikoma did photograph Sakamoto Ryoma, Takasugi Shinsaku, and many other important persons of the Meiji restoration: in his smaller studio, prior to renovations.

Guido Verbek taught many of the important individuals supposedly in this picture, including Okuma Shigenobu, Ito Hirobumi, Okubo Toshimichi, and Soejima Taneomi.

Guido Verbek not only taught at the Saga domain's Chienkan, but also served as the head foreign teacher at the bakufu's language school, Seibikan, from 1864 to 1968. He taught English and German there.

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go-0jou · 2 years

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