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*''Born: [[1819]]''
*''Died: [[1900]]''
Aimé Humbert was the chief ambassador (minister plenipotentiary) of the Swiss Republic to Japan, from [[1863]]-[[1864]].
Aimé Humbert was the chief ambassador (minister plenipotentiary) of the Swiss Republic to Japan, from [[1863]]-[[1864]].
An account of his experiences was published as ''Le Japon illustré'' in [[1870]], in Paris, and then in translation into English as ''Japan and the Japanese'' by a London-based publisher in [[1874]].
Humbert first arrived in Japan in 1863/4, and signed a treaty with Japan, on behalf of the Swiss government, in the 12th month that same year.
An account of his experiences was published as ''Le Japon illustré'' in [[1870]], in Paris, and then in translation into English as ''Japan and the Japanese'' by a London-based publisher in [[1874]]. It includes some 140 illustrations of sights and scenes in [[Edo]], [[Kamakura]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Nagasaki]], and text describing Japanese politics, economics, and culture,
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==References==
==References==
*Peter Kornicki, "New Books for Old," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 62:1 (2007), 99n5, 105.
*Peter Kornicki, "New Books for Old," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 62:1 (2007), 99n5, 105.
*Gallery labels, National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15866612048/sizes/h/]
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