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Ernest Mason Satow

Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843–1929) was a British diplomat, scholar, and Japanologist who played a pivotal role in Anglo-Japanese relations during the Bakumatsu and Meiji eras, serving as a student interpreter from 1862 and later as ambassador to Japan.[1][2] He authored influential works like *A Diplomat in Japan*, based on his diaries from 1862–1869, and contributed to Japanology as a founding member of the Asiatic Society of Japan in 1872.[1][5] Satow also served in China, Siam, Uruguay, Morocco, and at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907.[1]

Clapton, North London, England Jun 30, 1843 Wikipedia
Diplomacy Japanology History
Kinsé Shiriaku: A History of Japan, From the First Visit of Commodore Perry in 1853 to the Capture of Hakodate by the Mikado's Forces in 1869
Kinsé Shiriaku: A History of Japan, From the First Visit of Commodore Perry in 1853 to the Capture of Hakodate by the Mikado's Forces in 1869
2022
 A Diplomat in Japan
A Diplomat in Japan
2024
 Kuaiwa Hen: Twenty-Five Exercises in the Yedo Colloquial, for the Use of Students, With Notes; Volume 2
Kuaiwa Hen: Twenty-Five Exercises in the Yedo Colloquial, for the Use of Students, With Notes; Volume 2
2018
 A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by ... his personal experiences during that period
A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by ... his personal experiences during that period
2021