Japanese Mayor Congressman Murata Torajiro to F. M. Trautz 1933 for Sale

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Japanese Mayor Congressman Murata Torajiro to F. M. Trautz 1933:
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Japanese Mayor Congressman Murata Torajiro to F. M. Trautz 1933
This 1933 greeting with a postmark from Otsu City was sent by Murata Torajiro 村田虎次郎, marking the year of the rooster with the symbol \"酉\" next to his address. Murata (1869-1942) was not only the mayor of Otsu City in Shiga but also held two terms as a congress member, as mentioned on Wikipedia.
Murata pens a Chinese style poem for Trautz on the message side of this postcard. It\'s rough translation is below:
\"The emperor\'s great virtue spans the west and east. The majestic wind through bamboo, unseen in a thousand years. Today, I behold the calm of sky and earth. Spring approaches, the land serene.\"
Friedrich Max Trautz (1877-1952) was a German Army officer, scholar and Japanologist. He developed a deep interest in Japan and studied Japanese in Berlin, earning the first doctorate in Japanese studies from Friedrich Wilhelm University. He worked at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin and was instrumental in promoting the academic study of Japanese history and culture. In 1926, he became the German director of the Japan Institute in Berlin. He continued his research in Kyoto and became the first director of the German Research Institute in Japan in 1934. His work included documenting traditional Japanese culture and fostering German-Japanese cultural