he had originally intended to bring all these artworks to japan, but he balked at the 100% tax imposed on imports. much of what was stored in britain was destroyed by fires during world war ii; and much of what remained in japan was also destroyed by allied bombing during the pacific war. the combination of factors which kept so much of his collecting activities intact was only seen by the japanese public for the first time in 1959 when they visited the museum he had envisaged.[7]