patrimony

ASJ Marchのレクチャーは三井財閥を支えた実業家である益田 孝とCharles Lang Freerの関係の話でした。
Charles Lang Freer was an American industrialist and art collector, best known for his large collection of Asian and American Art which he donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1906....Smithsonian's first major donations from a private individual.
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Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) and Masuda Takashi (1848-1938) initiated their relationship in an odd, almost comically contentious manner. Freer, a Detroit industrialist began collecting Japanese art in the late 1880s. By 1907, on the occasion of his second of five visits to Japan, he had his first encounters with Masuda, the founder of the modern Mitsui conglomerate and leader of a new breed in Meiji era Japan--the industrialist art collector/tea ceremony afficianado. Masuda accused Freer to his face of pillaging Japanese patrimony and intrigue encountered by Freer during his several months visit in 1907 bordered on French farce.
ASJでの話はいつも私の全く知らないことが多いので関心します。 "patrimony" も知らなかった単語なので辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Heritage: an organization that saves the world’s cultural patrimony by restoring historic buildings
"patrimony" は元々 Property inherited from one’s father or male ancestor.の意味でした。