Heinrich von Siebold
Heinrich (Henry) Philipp von Siebold | |
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| Born | 21 July 1852 Boppard, Germany |
| Died | 11 August 1908 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | antiquary , translator |
| Parent(s) | Philipp Franz von Siebold, Helene von Gagern |
| Relatives | Alexander von Siebold, Kusumoto Ine |
Heinrich Philipp von Siebold (21 July 1852 – 11 August 1908) was a
Life
The Siebolds were a family of renowned scholars from
Meiji Era. After his arrival, Heinrich entered the diplomatic service of the Austrian-Hungarian embassy in Tokyo as dragoman
. Like his father before him, he became one of the most distinguished German researchers on Japan. His antiquarian interest made him a vivid collector of Japanese ethnological items, art, and coins. Heinrich is credited with creating the Japanese-term for archaeology, "kōkogaku", via his 1879 book Kōko setsuryaku.
In 1899, he asked for early retirement due to his health. In the year before, he had married
Franz Ferdinand
when the latter visited Japan in 1893 during his world voyage.
On 11 August 1908 he died on Freudenstein Castle; his widow died shortly afterwards. In March 1909, his collections were sold in Vienna Au Mikado and dispersed in trade.
Antiquarian interest in Japanese culture
Many Museums in Europe benefited from his collecting efforts in early Meiji Japan and from his generosity. In 1873, on the occasion of Japan's first participation at the
Carl Alexander, to the King of Württemberg and the Grand-Duke of Baden
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Carl Alexander deposited his collection with his Grand Ducal
Jena University. In the early 1880s, Siebold made arrangements with several German museums to collect for them. In 1883, he organized an exhibition of his collection in the Museum of Kunstgewerbe und Industrie in Vienna, a collection that he wanted to sell to the Austrian state, but his offer was rejected. Nevertheless, he later donated his collection to Vienna, where it is now an important part of the collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. In 1885, a second much larger collection of Far Eastern and Japanese coins charms and amulets assembled by Siebold, arrived at the Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena
, where it is still preserved.
References
- ISBN 978-90-04-21349-4.
- Hans Körner (1967): Die Würzburger Siebold. Eine Gelehrtenfamilie des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts, pp. 530–548.
- Josef Kreiner (1980): Heinrich Freiherr von Siebold. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der japanischen Völkerkunde und Urgeschichte. In: Beiträge zur japanischen Ethnogenese - 100 Jahre nach Heinrich von Siebold, Bonn, pp. 147–203.
- Karl Vollers (1906): Das orientalische Münzkabinett der Universität Jena im Jahre 1906. In: Blätter für Münzfreunde, vol. 41, no. 6, (1906), column 3515-3524; no. 7/8, column 3529-3537.
External links
- Orientalisches Münzkabinett Jena (in German)
- Exhibition of the Heinrich von Siebold's collection in Vienna
- Heinrich von Siebold's Collection at Welt Museum Wien
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