Takeuchi Yasunori was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official known for leading the shogunate's first official embassy to Europe; the embassy departed [[Edo]] on [[1861]]/12/2, meeting with Napoleon III in Paris several months later, as well as attending the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]). | Takeuchi Yasunori was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official known for leading the shogunate's first official embassy to Europe; the embassy departed [[Edo]] on [[1861]]/12/2, meeting with Napoleon III in Paris several months later, as well as attending the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]). |