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The non Japanese man on this picture may possibly be [Robert B. Van Valkenburgh] as mentioned in the picture comment on the japanese page about [Matsudaira Taro 松平太郎]. In this case, the date of the picture is more likely to be 1866-1869, dates of residence of Robert B. Van Valkenburgh in Japan, and not 1933-34. — 以上未签名的留言是由该用户加入的： Enaliv (留言 • 贡献) 09:13, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

• There may be some additional info here http://www.taodabai.com/84844691.html Worldantiques (留言) 12:11, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
• A copy of the photograph is being auctioned in England.[1] The auction catalogue dates this photograph as 22 September 1867, and give some some more details. They cite "Terry Bennett, Photography In Japan 1853-1912, (2006), p. 116, fig. 140", which may be the source of their description. I have uploaded a clearer version of the photograph and have updated the description. Verbcatcher (留言) 16:08, 14 December 2020 (UTC)