The List of Japanese ambassadors to France started when Sameshima Naonobu presented his credentials to the French government in 1870.
List This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). pp. 367-368.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 80-81, 132.
Inaugural dateOfficial position (Japanese)Official positionName (Japanese)NameOctober 3, 1870 少弁務使Chargé d'affaires鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuMay 3, 1872中弁務使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuOctober 14, 1872弁理公使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuNovember 22, 1873特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuApril 25, 1874臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中野 健明Nakano TakeakiJanuary 12, 1878特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuDecember 5, 1880臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim鈴木 貫一Suzuki KanichiJuly 20, 1881特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary井田 譲Ida Yuzuru March 9, 1883臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim光妙寺 三郎Kōmyōji Saburō May 20, 1883特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary蜂須賀 茂韶Hachisuka MochiakiSeptember 23, 1886臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim原 敬Hara TakashiJune 4, 1887特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary田中 不二麿Tanaka FujimaroApril 18, 1890臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大山 綱介Oyama TsunasukeAugust 18, 1891特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary野村 靖Nomura YasushiMarch 18, 1893臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim加藤 恒忠Katō TsunetadaSeptember 11, 1893特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary曾禰 荒助Sone ArasukeMarch 27, 1897臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim佐藤 愛麿Satō AimaroJune 21, 1897特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary栗野 慎一郎Kurino ShinichirōFebruary 1, 1900臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim秋月 左都夫Akizuki SatsuoMarch 8, 1902特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary本野 一郎Motono IchirōMarch 7, 1906臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim田付 七太Tatsuke ShichitaMay 26, 1906特命全権大使Ambassador栗野 慎一郎Kurino ShinichirōOctober 6, 1911臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim安達 峰一郎Adachi MineichirōJuly 7, 1912特命全権大使Ambassador石井 菊次郎Ishii KikujirōSeptember 4, 1915臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim田付 七太Tatsuke ShichitaFebruary 22, 1916特命全権大使Ambassador松井 慶四郎Matsui KeishirōSeptember 25, 1920臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim長岡 春一Nagaoka HarukazuSeptember 30, 1920特命全権大使Ambassador石井 菊次郎Ishii KikujirōOctober 6, 1922臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松田 道一Matsuda MichikazuJune 10, 1923特命全権大使Ambassador石井 菊次郎Ishii KikujirōSeptember 2, 1927臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim河合 博之Kawai HiroyukiFebruary 18, 1928特命全権大使Ambassador安達 峰一郎Adachi MineichirōFebruary 13, 1930臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim河合 博之Kawai HiroyukiJune 16, 1930特命全権大使Ambassador芳沢 謙吉Yoshizawa KenkichiDecember 27, 1931臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim栗山 茂Kuriyama ShigeruMarch 18, 1932特命全権大使Ambassador長岡 春一Nagaoka HarukazuAugust 16, 1933臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim沢田 廉三Sawada RenzōDecember 20, 1933特命全権大使Ambassador佐藤 尚武Satō NaotakeJuly 5, 1934臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim三谷 隆信Mitani TakanobuDecember 9, 1934特命全権大使Ambassador佐藤 尚武Satō NaotakeDecember 7, 1936臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim三谷 隆信Mitani TakanobuMarch 14, 1937臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim内山 岩太郎Uchiyama IwatarōJuly 24, 1937特命全権大使Ambassador杉村 陽太郎Sugimura YōtarōDecember 14, 1938臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宮崎 勝太郎Miyazaki KatsutarōDecember 17, 1939特命全権大使Ambassador沢田 廉三Sawada RenzōSeptember 26, 1940臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim原田 健Harada KenMay 10, 1941特命全権大使Ambassador加藤 外松Katō SotomatsuFebruary 12, 1942臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim原田 健Harada KenApril 18, 1942特命全権大使Ambassador三谷 隆信Mitani Takanobu During the summer of 1944, Mitani departed France with the Petain government, which effectively ceased to exist (although Vichy diplomatic and colonial officials remained at post in Japan and Indochina). Free France had declared war on Japan on December 9, 1941. Formal diplomatic relations with the French Republic were restored when the San Francisco Peace Treaty came into effect on April 28, 1952.December 16, 1950在パリ在外事務所長Chief of the Japanese Government's Overseas Agency in Paris萩原 徹Hagiwara Toru April 28, 1952臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim萩原 徹Hagiwara Toru June 12, 1952特命全権大使Ambassador西村 熊雄Nishimura KumaoDecember 12, 1956臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松井 明Matsui AkiraJanuary 24, 1957特命全権大使Ambassador古垣 鉄郎Furukaki TetsurōJuly 30, 1961臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim北原 秀雄Kitahara HideoSeptember 9, 1961特命全権大使Ambassador萩原 徹Hagiwara ToruJuly 18, 1967臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim佐藤 正二Satō ShōjiSeptember 13, 1967特命全権大使Ambassador松井 明Matsui AkiraJuly 27, 1970臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松永 信雄Matsunaga NobuoSeptember 18, 1970特命全権大使Ambassador中山 賀博Nakayama YoshirōFebruary 5, 1975臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim武藤 利昭Muto Toshiaki April 4, 1975特命全権大使Ambassador北原 秀雄Kitahara HideoFebruary 19, 1979臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大嶋 鋭男Oshima ToshioMarch 19, 1979特命全権大使Ambassador井川 克一Ikawa Katsuichi January 25, 1982臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim西川 健彦Nishikawa TakehikoFebruary 9, 1982特命全権大使Ambassador内田 宏Uchida HiroshiDecember 7, 1984臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim苅田 吉夫Karita YoshioDecember 15, 1984特命全権大使Ambassador本野 盛幸Motono MoriyukiNovember 9, 1988臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim佐藤 俊一Satō ShunichiDecember 28, 1988特命全権大使Ambassador木内 昭胤Kiuchi Akitane See also List of ambassadors of France to Japan Japanese people in France France–Japan relations Diplomatic rank
References
Further reading Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Okurasho Inseikyoku, 1979) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)