Hayashi Collection

The Amanohashidate admired by a Geisha
The Amanohashidate - located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture - a pine-clad promontory launching onto the sea - being admited by a geisha on a balcony

Count Hayashi Tadasu (1850 - 1913), diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji period Japan. Date: 1904

Hayashi Misao
Viscountess Hayashi, later Countess Hayashi (1858 - 1942), Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hayashi Tadasu, the first Japanese ambassador in London. Date: 1902

He was suddenly startled to see a girlish form coming towards him in the wavering shadows, 1919. Hayashi was walking along the Sumida riverbank one evening

Count Hayashi Tadasu, (1850-1913), career diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji period Japan, 1906
Count Hayashi Tadasu, (1850-1913), career diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji period Japan. On December 2, 1905 Hayashi became the first Japanese ambassador to the Court of St

The Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902
An English Girl and a Japanese Girl stand in front of their national flags holding hands and lifting up flowers, symbolising the Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Hayashi Tadasu
Count Hayashi Tadasu (1850 - 1913), diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji period Japan. Date: 1900

The Amanohashidate - Famous Japanese View
The Amanohashidate - located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture - a pine-clad promontory launching onto the sea. This view is one of the three Views of Japan - a canonical list attributed to

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Amidst the tranquil beauty of Amanohashidate, Count Hayashi Tadasu (1850-1913) pondered diplomatic affairs, his thoughts interrupted only by the ethereal approach of a geisha in traditional attire. In a different era, he played a pivotal role in Japan's modernization, negotiating the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902 as a cabinet minister. Yet, even the distinguished Count was startled by the unexpected appearance Misao in 1919, a girlish figure emerging from the wavering shadows of his past.