A display of material from the British Library collections celebrating 400 years of Japan-British relations from the establishment of the English East India Company trading post at Hirado in 1613 to the opening of Japan in the 19th century.
British Library website
Link to the fascinating illustrated ‘blog’ by Lead Curator, Japanese & Korean, Hamish Todd
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2013/08/japan400-hirado-and-the-british-in-japan.html