Manuscripts/MS Parkes 28 contains:
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26	Notes on Japan and the Loochoo islands
27	List of Parkes' colleagues
28	Miscellaneous notes
29	Notes on Chinese use of metals and minerals
30	Notes on Hung-Wu and rebellions
31	Memorandum on government of Japan
32	Notes on Japanese literature
33	Map of Douglas Inlet and Sylvia Bay
34	Memorandum on trade in China
35	Notes on Chinese authorities
36	Note on Taiping rebellion and trade
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Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Title	Memorandum on government of Japan
Reference	MS Parkes 28/31
Covering Dates	circa 1854
Extent and Medium	1 bifolio

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An undated memorandum (in French) in Parkes' hand concerning the government of Japan, referring in particular to the distinction between the Shogun and the Emperor. It begins: 'C'est une erreur genéralement répandu parmi nous qu'il existe au Japon deux Empereurs l'un ecclesiastique, l'autre civil.' The document is undated, but the paper is watermarked 1854.

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