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Léon Roches

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129: 153: 210:"The character of the Japanese essentially distinguishes them from other oriental people... We must act towards them with goodwill and dignity, critically but with justice; we can often appeal to their sentiment of honour and to the pride found among all of them, even among the lowest classes... They are gay, lively and communicative; they are disposed towards us as well as to other foreigners; whatever will be the material development of English power in this country, they run to us alone for reforms" 17: 419: 65:, Léon left France to join him on June 30, 1832. Léon spent the next 32 years on the African continent. He learned the Arab language very rapidly and after only two years was recruited as translator for the French Army in Africa. He served as an Officer (Sous-Lieutenant) of 145: 128: 152: 240: 80:
Under Bugeaud's recommendation, Roches joined the French Foreign Ministry as an interpreter in 1845. In 1846 he became Secretary of the legation in
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Roches also helped the Shogunate modernize. He arranged for an "Ecole Franco-Japonaise" to be established, and organized the building of the
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in order to bring about the cessation of hostilities against the French. He is noted as having been highly respected by Arab chieftains.
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Emperor Meiji receives French Minister-Resident Roches and Dutch Minister-Resident De Graeff van Polsbroek in 1868
265: 423: 112:, allowing him to acquire a strong experience in trading matters. After three years, he was appointed Consul in 325:. Vol. I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp.  361:
The last Samurai: japanische Geschichtsdarstellung im populären Kinofilm, p 90 och 91. Daniel Scherer (2009)
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He left Japan on June 23, 1868, following the defeat of the Shogun's forces in the battle of Toba-Fushimi.
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were the first European envoys ever to receive a personal audience with the new Emperor
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Roches advocated the use of strength against the anti-foreign adversaries of the
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From 1855 to 1863, Roches served as the French consul general in Tunis, Tunisia.
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Emperor of Japan: Meiji and his world, 1852-1912, p 133. Donald Keene
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On October 7, 1863, Roches was nominated Consul General of France in
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Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
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By an exceptional nomination, Roches became first-class Consul in
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Using his experiences in North Africa, he wrote a book titled
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Léon Roches, 1866 letter to French Minister Drouyn de Lhuys.
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in the Garde Nationale d'Algerie from 1835 to 1839. General
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Index


Grenoble
Lycée Gabriel-Faure
fr
Tournon-sur-Rhône
Marseilles
Algeria
cavalry
Bugeaud
Abd-el-Kader
Tangier
Morocco
Trente-deux ans à travers l′Islam
Trieste
Tripoli
Tunis

Napoleon III
Taikun
Duchesne de Bellecourt
Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)

Edo
Harry Parkes
Tokugawa Bakufu
Meiji Restoration
Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek
Meiji
Shogunate
Bombardment of Shimonoseki

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