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Total number of records: 13

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Textiles8
Books and printed items5

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International Textile Collection8
Brotherton Collection1

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korean language2
ainu language2
national characteristics, japanese1
eastern question (far east)1

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Japan13
Ryukyu Islands2
Korea2
Tonkin1
Indochina1
Netherlands1

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Rinsifee of Sendai2
Klaproth, Julius Von (1783-1835)2
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689)1
Hall, J W (1894-)1
Abend, Hallett (1884-1955)1
Everard, Edmund1

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Behind the face of Japan

Hall, J W (1894-)

1942

Author's pseud., Upton Close, at head of title. Map on lining-papers.

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Brush
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Brush

late 19th-mid 20th Century

A small wooden brush with an animal fibre head (hog bristles or deer hair are typical materials) bound into a wooden handle.

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Brush
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Brush

late 19th-mid 20th Century

A small wooden brush with an animal fibre head (hog bristles or deer hair are typical materials) bound into a wooden handle.

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Brush
Textile

Brush

late 19th-mid 20th Century

A small wooden brush with an animal fibre head (hog bristles or deer hair are typical materials) bound into a wooden handle.

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San kokf tsou ran to sets, ou Aperçu général des trois royaumes (text)

Rinsifée of Sendai; Klaproth, Julius von (1783-1835)

1832

Maps bound together in separate volume. Contains Korean and Aino vocabularies. Japanese title in Japanese characters at head of t.-p. Title vignette.

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San kokf tsou ran to sets, ou Aperçu général des trois royaumes (maps)

Rinsifée of Sendai; Klaproth, Julius von (1783-1835)

1832

Maps bound together in separate volume. Contains Korean and Aino vocabularies. Japanese title in Japanese characters at head of t.-p. Title vignette.

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stencil
Textile

stencil

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing, is one of a set in which further detail was added to the design with other stencils sometimes creating a multicoloured design. Chrysanthemum heads are d...

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stencil
Textile

stencil

early 19th-mid 20th Century

This stencil has a design of three flower heads against a drilled or punched pattern of fine dots. The diagonal arrangement of the dot pattern is known as gy?gi. The stencil is constructed from se...

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A collection of several relations & treatises singular and curious, of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne : Not printed among his first six voyages. : Divided into five parts... [etc]

Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689); Everard, Edmund

1680

First edition. Advertisements: first leaf and [2] p. at end. Head-pieces; initials; ornaments. Title within double line border. Parts 3-5 correspond to the second collation and pagination. C...

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stencil
Textile

stencil

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, has a design of hexagons or overlapping diamonds. Alternate shapes contain small stylised flower heads. Between the rows of hexagons are flower...

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stencil
Textile

stencil

early 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, was used to print one colour of a multicoloured design. The design includes leaves, possibly of peony, and small flower heads along with other ...

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stencil
Textile

stencil

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, depicts diagonal stripes of wood grain or water patterning. This stencil is one of a set with further stencils adding detail to the final desig...

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