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Total number of records: 438

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Textiles	331
Books and printed items	107

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
International Textile Collection	331
Brotherton Collection	30
Herbert Read Collection	12
English Literature	4
Leeds Russian Archive	3
Cookery Collection	2
Liddle Collection	2
Art and Antique Market	1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History	1
LGBTQ	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
eastern question (far east)	7
russo-japanese war, 1904-1905	7
world war, 1939-1945	5
philosophy, comparative	4
folklore	3
natural history	3
ainu language	2
buddhism	2
korean language	2
national characteristics, japanese	2

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Japan	438
Tokyo	20
China	13
Kyoto	13
Great Britain	6
United States	4
Asia	3
East Asia	2
India	2
Iran	2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Japan. Sorifu	14
Great Britain	7
Great Britain. Committee of Imperial Defence	7
Japan Society of London	7
Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904)	6
Great Britain. War Office	5
Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716)	5
Scheuchzer, John Gaspar (1702-1729)	5
Elgin, James Bruce, Earl of, 1811-1863	4
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904	4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	3
From 1700	6
From 1800	263
From 1900	122
From 2000	5

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	3
Up to 1799	5
Up to 1899	18
Up to 1999	373
Up to latest	13

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Mr Henry and Mr Hornel visit Japan : an exhibition and inventory of the paintings produced as a result of their visit in 1893-94 together with photographs, documents and other related material

Buchanan, William (1932-); Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum; Scottish Arts Council Gallery; McLaurin Art Gallery; Scottish Arts Council

[1979]

Catalogue of an exhibition shown at Glasgow in the Art Gallery from 2nd December 1978 to 14 January 1979, Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, 3rd February to 11th March 1979, Ayr, McLaurin Art G...

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Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon (v.1)

Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Scheuchzer, John Gaspar (1702-1729); Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Delboe, Simon; Gibben, Hamond; Ramsden, William; Naudé, Fran̨cois; Néaulme, Jean (1694-1780); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745)

1729

The "Appendice ou supplement de L'Histoire du Japon" (v. 2, p. [1]-73 (3rd group)) is a translation of 6 sections from the author's Amoenitates exoticae (Lemgo, 1712) relating to Japanese matters, inc...

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