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Tokyo - 東京

Akatsuki Park
(Chūō-ku 中央区)

Philipp Franz von Siebold

Würzburg 1796 - München 1866
German/Dutch researcher of Japan's flora and fauna
(Wikipedia)

Gerard van der Leeden
1988

Description

Bronze bust

Signature

G vd Leeden

Information Sign

Een Borstbeeld de Siebold (シーボルトの胸像)

Aangeboden door de Universiteit van Leiden in
Nederland aan de Chuo Wijk in Tokio, mede namens
de Isaac Alfred Ailion Foundation en in samenwerking
met de Asiani Shimbun.
18 Juni 1988.

Presented to Chuo Ward, Tokyo, by Leiden
University, the Netherlands, and the Isaac Alfred
Ailion Foundation, in cooperation with Asahi Shimbun.
June 18th, 1988.

[Japanese text]

Sculptor

Gerard (Gerrit) van der Leeden (Hengelo (O) 1935), beeldhouwer (Wikipedia – RKDArtists).

Locatie (N 35°39'57" - E 139°46'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: jp013; Photograph: 31 January 2008
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