Christian Polak

[1][5] After completing his doctoral studies, Polak attempted to obtain a position at a Japanese university, but, according to one source, the then-Japanese government "denied such a possibility to foreigners" despite various demonstrations and petitions.

[1] With Tomohiko Taniguchi, the Deputy Press Secretary to Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Polak contributed lead essays to the July 2003 Gaiko Forum, a foreign-affairs journal published by Toshi Shuppan.

[16] "Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of woodblock prints, old photographs, and previously unpublished documents of the period, [Soie et Lumieres] covers a little-known subject: the role of France in the modernization of Japan since the beginning of the 19th century ....

[20] According to the Monthly Letter of the French Chamber of Commerce in Japan: "In parallel to his professional activities, Christian Polak cultivates his taste and his knowledge of History, as a teacher and a researcher.

Thanks to these works, people with amazing destinies find the light again, such as Jules Brunet: this officer, member of the French military mission sent to Japan as an artillery instructor, joined, after the defeat of the shōgun, the rebellion against Imperial troops, serving as an inspiration for the hero of the Last Samurai."