@pvonhellermannn Also, try to find 🇬🇧 versions of books of our traveller Bronislaw Pilsudski, who studied #Japan & endemic #Ainu people in XIX-XX century.

Brother of more famous Józef (Marshall of independent #Poland, military commander during the victorious 1918-21 war w/ Russia. that saved Europe from Communism), he's cherished & remembered by the #Japanese. Has a monument in #Shiraoi, #Hokkaido

https://ank.gov.pl/en/first-news/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Pi%C5%82sudski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War