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armament, ethnographic: chikuto(Japanese sword)
Azimuth box
Azimuth box lid
Azimuth Circle
Azimuth Circle box
Azimuth Circle shadow pin
Azimuth Circle tripod
Azimuth Instrument
Azimuth shadow pin
Badge
Bamboo cane
Boat house
Box for the D strips for compass
Bubble Sextant
Bubble sextant adjusting pin
Bubble sextant box
Bubble sextant micellaneous parts
Bubble sextant miscellaneous parts
Bubble sextant shade
Builder's, Full hull model
ceremonial artifact: flag, official
ceremonial artifact: pennant, commissioning
Chikuto
Colour transparency
Command flag
commemorative artifact: fan
Commissioning pennant
compass
Compass card magnifier
Compass card magnifier box
Dirk
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
Dry card compass and binnacle
Dry compass
D strip for compass
D strips for compass
eyepiece Cap
Eyepiece cover
Fan
Felt tip pen
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Boat house
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Oar
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rope
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank-on-frame
Full hull shipbuilder’s exhibition model
Heeling Error Instrument
Inclining dial
Katana
Liquid compass
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass and binnacle
Liquid compass and binnacle top
Liquid compass cover
Liquid compass cover box
Marine chronometer
Medal
Medal case
Medal case base
Medal case lid
Negative
Non-achromatic telescope
Oar
Objective lens cover
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
original art: picture, silk
Ornamental compass
personal gear: box, writing
personal gear: cane, bamboo
personal gear: chain, watch
personal gear: chain, watch ?
Photograph album
Photographic print
picture, silk
Plank-on-frame
Portable telescope
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Rigged model
Rope
Sails furled
Sails set
Scabbard
Scaphe dial
Scaphe dial lid
Signalling lamp
Silk picture
Spanner, box
surveying & navigational t&e: azimuth instrument
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(vertical card)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid(vertical card)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, ornamental
surveying & navigational t&e: cover, compass: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: heeling mirror instrument
surveying & navigational t&e: magnifier, compass card
surveying & navigational t&e: rangefinder
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, bubble
surveying & navigational t&e: spanner, box
Tachi
Tachi scabbard
telephone
Telescope
timekeeper: chronometer, marine
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, scaphe
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
Top of Eyepiece cap
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling
Wakizashi
water transport: cargo vessel: boat (Japan)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (Japanese)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser (Japanese)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (Japanese)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, scout despatch (Japanese)
water transport: fighting vessel: despatch vessel (Japanese)
water transport: fighting vessel: landing craft
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (Japanese)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: passenger vessel: boat (Japanese)
water transport: sailing vessel: boat (Japan)
water transport: steam vessel: screw
water transport: steam vessel: screw, triple
water transport: steam vessel: screw, twin
water transport: unknown: boat (Japanese)
water transport accessory: telephone(bridge to chief engineer)
Writing box
written communication t&e: pen, felt tip
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coating: gilt
coating: varnish
copper
copper alloy
cotton
cotton tape
electrical cable
electrical wire
electrical wiring
enamel
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felt
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gold
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hand sewn
inorganic: mica
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ivory
japanned paperboard
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liquid
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magnolia wood
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metal: brass
metal: bronze
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Airphone Company
Bird, Henry P.
Imamura, H
Kanetoshi, Noshu
Murahashi, S
Naotane, Ishihara
Nippon Kokaikeiki Seisakusho
Noshu Kanetoshi
Pentel
S. Nakano
Seiko
Shimadzu Corporation
Unknown
Watkins, Engineer Benjamin James
Yoshimitsu
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Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Kure Naval Yard, Japan
Mino Province, Japan
Mitsubishi Dockyard and Engine Works , Nagasaki, Japan
Nagasaki, Japan
Nakamura-Cho, 566, Yokohama, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Sagami Province, Japan
Seki, Japan
The Naval Arsenal of Tenshozan, Japan
Tosa Province, Japan
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Yokosuka Naval Yard, Japan
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French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
London Victory Celebrations, 1946
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to England, 1921
World War II, 1939-1945
World War II: Battle of Singapore, 1941
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Aki (1907)
Aurora (1975)
Australian City (1964)
Chakdina (1951)
Elena (1969)
Fernie (1967)
Ganges 1928 (HMS)
Grafton (1967)
Hawkins 1917 (HMS)
Kurama 1907
Kurkurst Friedrich Wilhelm 1891 (German navy)
Mogami 1908
Myoko fl.1945
Nigaristan (1970)
Niitaka 1902
Porpoise (1886)
Seiki 1875
Strathardle (1967)
Strathbrora (1967)
Strathconon (1967)
Strathlairg
Sussex (HMS) 1913
Takao 1888
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Traders: The East India Company and Asia
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Barker, Paymaster Leonard Richard
Bartlett, J Cfl
Bird, Joan
British Forces
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Bush, E. V.
Denholm, Yvonne
Imperial Japanese Navy
Japanese Army
Japanese Army Officer
Japanese Navy
Kanetoshi, Noshu
Mountbatten, Louis
Museum of Maritime Science, Tokyo
Naotane, Ishihara
S. Nakano
Taisho fl.1921
Ulysse Nardin
Union-Castle Line
Yoshimitsu
Yukihide, Sa
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Dry card compass and binnacle
Tachi
Tachi
A starboard beam view of the aft part of the tanker Elena (1969), being fitted out at Kawasaki, Japan (Colour transparency)
A street in Kobe, Japan, covered with decorations for New Years celebrations (Colour transparency)
The Sannomiya Shinto Shrine in Kobe, Japan (Colour transparency)
Three Japanese children and two women dressed in traditional kimonos for the New Year celebrations in Kobe, Japan (Colour transparency)
A view of a 2000 ton floating crane, taken on board the bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964) in Kobe, Japan (Colour transparency)
Cars being loaded on board the bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964) berthed in the Honmoku district of Yokohama, Japan (Colour transparency)
Dry compass
Three people sat in Japanese ceramic shop (Photographic print)
A Japanese woman with a parasol and a rickshaw operator (Photographic print)
Scabbard
Katana
Silk picture
Niitaka (1902); Warship; Cruiser (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Tachi
Command flag, Rear-Admiral, Japan (1897-1945) (Command flag)
Dirk
Service vessel (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rope)
Kurama (1907); Warship; Cruiser, armoured (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Mogami (1908); Warship; Dispatch vessel (Full hull model; Rigged model)
IJN Seiki (1875); Warship; Sloop (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set)
Japanese commissioning pennant (1914-1945, after 1956) (Commissioning pennant)
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