In 1888 the North West of England was honoured by the appointment of Liverpool wool Merchant James Lord Bowes as the first foreignborn Honorary Consul of the Japanese Empire in the United Kingdom. His collection of Japan

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Date: 2013-04-30 17:35:27 Samurai Tokugawa clan Streatlam Castle Tokugawa Yoshinobu Bowes Empire of Japan Katō Takaaki Aoki Shūzō Itō Hirobumi Kazoku Japan Meiji Restoration		In 1888 the North West of England was honoured by the appointment of Liverpool wool Merchant James Lord Bowes as the first foreignborn Honorary Consul of the Japanese Empire in the United Kingdom. His collection of Japan Add to Reading List Source URL: www.jsnw.org.uk Download Document from Source Website File Size: 686,30 KB Share Document on Facebook

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