This undated photo, from the family photo archive of the American Descendants of Katsu Kaishū, is posted on their Facebook page, which is “For all descendants, relatives, and friends of the 6 children of Clara Whitney and Umetaro Kaji.” Umetaro Kaji was Kaishū’s son. Clara Whitney was Umetaro’s American wife. If you look at the Descendants’ Facebook page (@WhitneyKajiDescendants), you will see a recent photo of the Descendants: at front center is my good friend Douglas Stiffler, Katsu Kaishū’s great-great-grandson.

[Backside of above photo]

 

See also my post on Tokugawa Yoshinobu’s family, photographed two decades after the fall of the Bakufu.