Japan
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 2,040 objects from Japan. These date broadly from 1000 to the present. This collection includes many Japanese items that represent part of an exchange in 1878 to promote cultural understanding and awareness between Glasgow and Japan. These comprise over 1,000 artworks, architectural fragments, wooden objects, lacquerware, musical instruments, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, costume and paper samples. Other objects, including textiles, parasols and costume, were donated by people who travelled and worked in early 20th century Japan, such as missionaries, engineers, soldiers, seamen or members of the British Civil Service. In addition, the Burrell Collection has a group of 30 Ukiyoe woodblock prints, dated 1720–1868.
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