Ernest Satow
Ernest Mason Satow GCMG PC[note 1] (30 June 1843 - 26 August 1929), was a British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist.[1]
Career
Along with William George Aston and Basil Hall Chamberlain, Satow was one of three major British Japanologists during the 19th century.
Selected works
In an overview of writings by and about Ernest Mason Satow, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 200+ works in 300+ publications in 9 languages and 4,000+library holdings.[2]
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- A Guide to Diplomatic Practice, 1917
- A Diplomat in Japan, 1921
- The Family Chronicle of the English Satows, 1925
Honours
- Order of St Michael and St George, Commander (CMG), 1885[3]
- Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG)
- Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)[4]
- Privy Council of the United Kingdom, 1906[5]
Ernest Satow Media
Satow caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1903
Poem by the Tang poet Wang Bo 王勃 (650–676) in Satow's calligraphy (British Library Or. 16054)
The grave of Sir Ernest Mason Satow in the churchyard of Ottery St Mary
The Japanese wife of Ernest Mason Satow, Takeda Kane, 1870
Notes
- ↑ Ernest Mason Satow was known in Japan as "アーネスト・サトウ" (Ānesuto Satō), known in China as (traditional Chinese) "薩道義" or (simplified Chinese) "萨道义"
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Satow, Ernest Mason," Japan Encyclopedia, p. 829; Nish, Ian. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859–1972, pp. 78–88.
- ↑ WorldCat Identities: Satow, Ernest Mason Sir 1843-1929
- ↑ London Gazette, Issue 25447, p. 858, 27 February 1885; retrieved 2012-9-19.
- ↑ Shaw, William A. (1906). The Knights of England, p. 348.
- ↑ London Gazette, Issue 27936, p. 5213, 31 July 1906; retrieved 2012-9-19.
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