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Siebold continued to communicate with Dejima, and with his daughter, during his lengthy absence from Japan. He attempted to join [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] on his journey to Japan in [[1853]]-[[1854]], but was denied permission to do so, for fear that having been formally banned from the country, his presence might endanger the mission.<ref>Mitani, 97.</ref> Siebold was successful in returning to Japan, however, on [[1859]]/7/6, being invited along with his son to serve as a diplomatic advisor,<ref>Mitani, 285.</ref> and left again for the final time in [[1862]]/3.
Siebold continued to communicate with Dejima, and with his daughter, during his lengthy absence from Japan. He attempted to join [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] on his journey to Japan in [[1853]]-[[1854]], but was denied permission to do so, for fear that having been formally banned from the country, his presence might endanger the mission.<ref>Mitani, 97.</ref> Siebold was successful in returning to Japan, however, on [[1859]]/7/6, being invited along with his son to serve as a diplomatic advisor,<ref>Mitani, 285.</ref> and left again for the final time in [[1862]]/3.
In [[1866]], the year of Siebold's death, the British Library acquired 1,088 antiquarian books from his collection.<ref>"[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelplang/japanese/japanesesection/japanantiquarian/japanantiquarian.html Japanese antiquarian books]," British Library official website. Accessed 2 Aug 2015.</ref>
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