Above photograph was taken on the occasion of Princess Alexandra Royal visit to Yoshinkan Hombu Dojo in 1967. My father is pictured second row from the back on the right side.

The person next left to Shioda Kancho is Yoshida Sensei.The young boy next left to Yoshida Sensei is Tetsutaro Shioda who is 1st son of  Shioda kancho.The person next right to Terada Hanshi is Matsuo Sensei who passed away 4-2004. The person just back to Alexandra Princess is Mr. Minami who deeply contributed to establishment of Yoshinkan Dojo, one of Founder of Yoshinkan. The person next left to Mr. Minami is Chairman Shoshiro Kudo. The person next left to Chairman Kudo is Mr. Cummingham. The person next right to Alexandra Princess is British Ambassador in Japan who took Princess to Yoshinkan. The person right back to British Ambassador is Mr. Nakasone who is former Prime Minister. In the top row, just under the wall portraits: Kudo (banker and dojo sponsor) short chap with bald head Minami (chairman of Kokusaku Pulp Co) - with dogi and glasses (another dojo sponsor) Unknown female - presumably one of Dutch royalty party Nakasone (to her right) Foreign Minister (later became PM) Next row down: the Dutch royalty party (unknown if you know, please email me)

Front row below them: to the right of Kushida,Yasuhisa Shioda next to  him in black, in the row above him is Ohnishi (uchideshi);

Here is a rare early original signed photo from Shioda Sensei as well as two signed books given to him during his training as gifts.

The first book on top is entitled Aikido Gijyutsu  Kyohan (Basic Aikido Technical Textbook Number 1) dated July 20 1965.The second book is entitled Aikido-no-Tanoshima Kata (How to Enjoy Aikido for your personal leisure) dated January 10, 1963 and is Gozo Shioda Sensei's first published book.

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