url
	https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/13497
dcterms:creator
	Brook, Les
dcterms:created
	2024
dcterms:description
	A research document from local historian Les Brook on the visit in 1872 of the Japanese Iwakura Embassy visit to Saltaire. The Iwakura Embassy was a high-level governmental group from Japan who toured the world to investigate the latest developemtns in industry and technology. They visited Saltaire to view the renowned Slats Mill and the model village of Saltaire.

Contents include:

What was the Iwakura Embassy?
The Embassy’s historical backstory
The members of the Embassy
The Embassy in the USA
Four months in Britain
The visit to Bradford and Saltaire
DAY 1: Thursday 24 October 1872
DAY 2: Friday 25 October 1872
DAY 3: Saturday 26 October 1872
DAY 4: Sunday 27 October 1872
DAY 5: Monday 28 October 1872
From Yorkshire to London
The Embassy in continental Europe, and beyond
dcterms:format
	typewritten
dcterms:identifier
	2024.34
dcterms:references
	Iwakura Embassy
dcterms:relation
	https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10855
dcterms:rights
	Content available under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence
dcterms:rightsHolder
	Copyright Les Brook
dcterms:spatial
	https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6567
dcterms:subject
	Textile industry
dcterms:title
	1872: When samurai came to Saltaire
dcterms:type
	research document

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