Ernest Satow

The young 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

Portrait in Vanity Fair by Leslie Ward, 1903
The British Legation Yamate, Yokohama, 1865 painting
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

Japanese calligraphy by Satow. The kanji read (from right to left) "敬和" (Kei-Wa), literally "Respect and harmony".

↑ Ernest Mason Satow was known in Japan as "アーネスト・サトウcode: ja is deprecated " (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.

Other websites

Media related to Ernest Mason Satow at Wikimedia Commons

Satow, Ernest Mason, 1843-1929 at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Archived 2012-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
Chronology of Heads of Mission at UK in Japan website Archived 2013-02-13 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Ernest Mason Satow was known in Japan as "アーネスト・サトウcode: ja is deprecated " (Ānesuto Satō), known in China as (traditional Chinese) "薩道義" or (simplified Chinese) "萨道义"

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Satow, Ernest Mason," Japan Encyclopedia, p. 829; Nish, Ian. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859–1972, pp. 78–88.

[3] WorldCat Identities: Satow, Ernest Mason Sir 1843-1929

[4] London Gazette, Issue 25447, p. 858, 27 February 1885; retrieved 2012-9-19.

[5] Shaw, William A. (1906). The Knights of England, p. 348.

[6] London Gazette, Issue 27936, p. 5213, 31 July 1906; retrieved 2012-9-19.

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