Diary of military service in Japan, 1905 January-1906 December
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- Box 1
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- 2 Volumes (In custom box with one other volume.)
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Two bound commercial diaries, filled with almost daily entries recounting Toke's service as an attaché to the British Embassy in Tokyo. Besides numerous entries concerning the weather, his travel within Japan, his dining companions (including notable government officials and nobility), and living arrangements, he also includes some insights into military matters, including details relating to the Battle of Mukden, although does not appear to have seen any action himself.
Included in the rear of the diaries are listings of various financial accounts. Attached in some capacity to the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War, he was decorated by the Japanese for his assistance and was involved in transporting captured Russian guns.
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