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During this time, he also led excavations of some four hundred ''[[kofun]]'' (mound tombs) and other archaeological sites, and traveled to Korea in [[1884]], where he obtained a number of Korean ceramics. Gowland is said to have been particularly interested in the early history of mutual cultural influences between Korea and Japan. He also traveled significantly within Japan; he contributed to travel guides such as a ''Handbook for Travellers in Central and Northern Japan'' edited by [[Ernest Satow]] and A.G.S. Hawes, and is credited with possibly coining the term "Japan Alps."

During this time, he also led excavations of some four hundred ''[[kofun]]'' (mound tombs) and other archaeological sites, and traveled to Korea in [[1884]], where he obtained a number of Korean ceramics. Gowland is said to have been particularly interested in the early history of mutual cultural influences between Korea and Japan. He also traveled significantly within Japan; he contributed to travel guides such as a ''Handbook for Travellers in Central and Northern Japan'' edited by [[Ernest Satow]] and A.G.S. Hawes, and is credited with possibly coining the term "Japan Alps."

Gowland later donated a considerable number of objects from his collection, both archaeological finds and ceramics works, to the [[British Museum]].

Gowland later donated a considerable number of objects from his collection, both archaeological finds and ceramics works, to the [[British Museum]]. He is also known for his many photographs, including some of the earliest archaeological photographs taken in Japan. He collaborated for a time with photographer [[Romyn Hitchcock]], who had been dispatched to Japan by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] to collect materials for the Philadelphia Exposition of [[1886]].

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*"Photo of William Gowland," gallery label, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20879893402/in/photostream/]

*"Photo of William Gowland," gallery label, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20879893402/in/photostream/]

*"William Gowland, amateur archaeologist," gallery label, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/22796899401/in/photostream/]

*"William Gowland, amateur archaeologist," gallery label, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/22796899401/in/photostream/]

*[[Simon Kaner]], Ishibashi Foundation lectures.

*Simon Kaner, "What the Foreign Specialist William Gowland Saw in the Burial Mounds," Ishibashi Foundation lectures, Tokyo National Museum, 25 Oct 2014.[https://www.sainsbury-institute.org/info/second-ishibashi-foundation-lecture-series-2014]

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