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Diplomatic function was for them the opportunity to develop an intimate knowledge of their home ground: the Frenchman Léonce Angrand, a recognised specialist of the Andean world, or Switzerland’s Edmond Rochette, an expert on Kyoto society, transmitted objects to MEG that they had long kept as souvenirs. As for the woman of letters Yamata Kiku, her dual Japanese and French culture made her a sensitive and perceptive mediator.

Chaplains asking for alms during Holy Week in Lima (Peru), watercolour by Léonce Angrand dated 16 March 1837. ©Bibliothèque nationale de France, Estampes et cartes

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