LYS & CANON

      Lys & Canon or Lily and Cannon, in his third book, Christian Polak presents to the public new uncovered images and letters of French people who stayed in Japan in between 1860 and 1910 : the botanist Ludovic Savtier who introduced the strawberry in Japan, and the Japanese lily in France ; new documents concerning the Shimonoseki war by Alfred Roussin and his splendid watercolors ; the first French photographers in Japan during the last years of the Tokugawa shogunate with Fauchery, Du Pin, Le Bas and Champion undiscovered images ; and the story about the famous French company Schneider Le Creusot which delivered all the necessary cannons for the Japanese new warships of the Imperial Navy from 1890 to 1894.  " Lys & Canon " celebrating party was organized at French embassy in Tokyo on 13 February 2014.

Christian Polak ( クリスチャン　ポラック ), Author.

 

Lys & Canon (百合と巨筒).

 

 

The collection of Christian Polak for menu at French

embassy in Tokyo.

 

H.E.Christian Masset (right ) Ambassador of France to

Japan, Bernard Delmas (center ) president of French Chamber

of Commerce and Industry of Japan and Christian Polak ( left).

 

Christian Polak (left), H.E.Christian Masset (center)

and Jinsun Iesawonwong (right).

 

Michel Theoval (left) President of GHT consulting ltd,

Christian Polak (center) and Bernard Delmas (right).

 

Hélène Masset (left) wife of the French ambassador

to Japan and Christian Polak (right).

 

Jinsun Iesawonwong (left), Junko Koshino (center)

Fashion designer and Christian Polak (right).

 

Gaël Austin (left) and Yves Alemany (right).

 

Masahiro Sato (right) and Christian Polak (left).

 

Philippe Dalpayrat (left) Attorney and Christian Polak (right).

 

Yukio Yoshida (right) and his wife, Ikuko (center)

and Christian Polak (left).

 

Pascal Furth (left) French embassy, Jinsun Iesawonwong

(center) and Christian Polak (right).

 

Jinsun Iesawonwong (left), Akemi Ishii (second from

left) Translator, Christian Polak (center), Erika and

Dominique Peschard (right) University Professor.

 

Kei Osawa (left) Intermediatheque, museum of Tokyo

University, Régis Arnaud (second from left) Correspondant

of Le figaro in Japan, Matthieu Seguela (second from right)

and Christian Polak (right).

 

Kimio Koketsu (center) and his daughter, from Oya-Shobo

and Christian Polak (left).

 

Maïa Maniglier (left) President of Exprime Co

and Christian Polak (right).

 

Hiroshi Ueki (left) Former Director of culture Agency

and Christian Polak (right).

 

Mitsuo Nitta (left) Chairman of Yushodo Shoten

and Christian polak (right).

 

Katsue Kobayashi (left), Akinori Matsumoto (second from

left), Tomo Chiba (third from left), Christian Polak (center),

Yasuyuki shitara (right), Alain Ngyuen (second from right),

Shin Ito (third from right), Tetsu Namba (back,right) and

Geoffroy de Pontbriand (back,left) from K.K.SERIC.