TAKEMI Taro

• 1904〜1983
• Elected as president of Japan Medical Association for 13 successive terms since 1957. President of World Medical Association in 1975. He was related to YOSHIDA Shigeru, a former prime minister of Japan, by marriage and was a chief doctor of Yoshida. Thus he had a close connection with the political world and had a great influence.

Takemi(second from left) watching bonsai and MURATA Kyuzo, the founder of KYUKAEN(second from right).

Place unknown(perhaps at the memorial bonsai exhibition in Yoshida's memory at the Shinjuku Imperial Gardens)