Léon de Rosny

Japanese: Léon de Rosny(英語表記)LeondeRosny
Léon de Rosny

...The group also included Fukuzawa Yukichi, Fukuchi Gen'ichiro (Ochi), Ueda Tomosuke (Bin's father), Mitsukuri Akitsubo, and Matsuki Koan (Terashima Munenori). Léon de Rosny, who had studied Japanese on his own in Paris, made friends with the Western scholars in the group, and the following year began teaching Japanese at the School of Oriental Languages, creating a textbook called "Japanese Collection" using documents written by the members of the mission. Bellecourt's successor, L. Roche, had long experience as a diplomat in the Islamic world, was fluent in Arabic, converted to Islam, and was well aware of the importance of local languages. When he arrived in Japan in 1864, he employed Father Mermet de Cachon, who was fluent in Japanese, as a diplomat, and supported the shogunate against the British, who supported Satsuma and Choshu. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Léon de Rosny" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…この一行には福沢諭吉,福地源一郎(桜痴),上田友助(敏の父),箕作秋坪,松木弘安(寺島宗則)なども加わっていた。パリで独学で日本語を学んでいたレオン・ド・ロニーLéon de Rosnyは一行中の洋学者と交遊し,翌年から東洋語学校で日本語を教え始め,使節団員の書き残した文書を利用して教科書《日本文集》を作った。 ベルクールの後任L.ロッシュはイスラム世界で長く外交官の経験があり,アラビア語に堪能でイスラムに改宗し,現地語の重要性をよく認識していたので,1864年日本に着任すると,日本語に習熟したメルメ・ド・カション神父を外交官に採用し,薩長を支持するイギリスに対抗して幕府を支持した。…

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