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Total number of records: 373

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Record typeCount
Textiles297
Books and printed items76

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
International Textile Collection297
Brotherton Collection22
Herbert Read Collection12
English Literature4
Leeds Russian Archive3
Liddle Collection2
Cookery Collection2
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
eastern question (far east)7
russo-japanese war, 1904-19057
world war, 1939-19455
philosophy, comparative4
folklore3
national characteristics, japanese2
korean language2
ainu language2
buddhism2
women artists1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Japan373
Tokyo19
China13
Great Britain6
United States4
Kyoto2
Soviet Union2
Ryukyu Islands2
Korea2
East Asia2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Great Britain7
Great Britain. Committee of Imperial Defence7
Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904)6
Great Britain. War Office5
Oliphant, Laurence (1829-1888)4
Marx, Karl, 1818-18834
Tatsumura Institute of Textile Art4
Elgin, James Bruce, Earl of, 1811-18634
Idemitsu, Sazo (1885-1981)4
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-19044

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From 1800263
From 1900107
From 20003

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Up to 189914
Up to 1999351
Up to latest8

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Japan in the world crisis

Stranks, C J

[1941]

"First published 1941."

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The rising sun

Zich, Arthur; Time-Life Books

c1977

Includes index. Bibliography: p. 204.

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Memorials of the empire of Japon : in the XVI and XVII centuries

Rundall, Thomas; Adams, William (1564-1620)

1850

Contents: A description of the empire in the 16th century. From... Harleian mss. 6249 -- Letters of William Adams,1611 to 1617 -- Notes -- Summary of a narrative by His Excellancy Don Rodrigo de Viver...

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Great Britain and Japan, 1911-15 : a study of British Far Eastern policy

Lowe, Peter (1941-2012)

1969

Based on author's thesis, University of Wales.

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Lafcadio Hearn in Japan

Noguchi, Yoné (1875-1947); Koizumi, Setsu (1868-1932); Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904)

1910

Preface -- A Japanese appreciation of Lafcadio Hearn -- A Japanese defence of Lafcadio Hearn -- Mrs. Lafcadio Hearn's reminiscences -- Lafcadio Hearn at Yaidzu -- Mr. Otani as Hearn's literary assista...

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stencil
Textile

stencil

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This is one of a set of four stencils (ITC 2012.115.1-4) all of which add different detail to create a complex, possibly multicoloured, design. The design on the stencils includes dragons amongst clo...

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stencil
Textile

stencil

early 19th-mid 20th Century

A katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, possibly depicts plum blossom and stylised pine bark motifs (matsukawa bishi). Pine is symbollic of longevity and plum of renewal. Both plants ar...

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crepe fragment
Textile

crepe fragment

1840-1920

A piece of crepe [chirimen] with a multicoloured printed design of flowers, snow flakes, linked gem patterning [shippo tsunagi] and imitation tie dye patterning of small circles. Chirimen is woven u...

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spatula
Textile

spatula

early-mid 20th Century

A large wooden spatula with four stamps at the top, a hole in the handle for hanging and a wooden cover on the blade.

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spatula
Textile

spatula

early-mid 20th Century

A large wooden spatula with a stamp at the top of the spatula, a hole in the handle for hanging and a wooden cover on the blade.

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Brush
Textile

Brush

late 19th-mid 20th Century

A large wooden brush with bristles attached by stitch, and a hole in the handle for hanging.

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