Japanese Red Cross Society
The Japanese Red Cross Society is the Japanese affiliate of the International Red Cross.
Headquarters of Japanese Red Cross Society (Minato, Tokyo)
Count Sano Tsunetami was a Japanese statesman and founder of the Japanese Red Cross Society. His son, Admiral Sano Tsuneha, was a leading figure in the establishment of the Scout Association of Japan.
Count Sano Tsunetami
Sano Tsunetami receives the permission to establish the Philanthropic Society by Prince Arisugawa Taruhito in 1877
Red-Cross Society membership certificate issued in 1902 by prince Komatsu-no-miya Akihito and Sano Tsunetami
Sano Tsunetami's grave in the Aoyama cemetery (Tokyo)