This study has been commissioned and published by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands inTokyo. Kjeld Duits conducted the study and wrote the text. It features websites and printed publications in English and Japanese.
- Author / editor / production: Kjeld Duits, DUITS
- Proofreader: Keith McPhalen
- Historical advisor: Isabel Tanaka-van Daalen
- Translator: Kitamoto Mizuki (北本聖月)
- Editor (Japanese): Hirano Atsuko (平野敦子)
The study was possible thanks to the generous cooperation of many organizations and individuals. We especially thank the staff of the following organizations:
- Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History (esp. Shimamura Motohiro)
- Kobe City Archives (esp. Mr. Ishibashi)
- Kobe City Central Library (esp. Kawamura Rintaro)
- Kobe City Museum (esp. Mizushima Ayano)
- Kobe University Library (Hanazaki Kayoko)
- Koninklijke Verzamelingen (Liesbeth Ouwehand)
- Musée d’ethnographie in Neuchâtel (Grégoire Mayor)
- Nagasaki University Library
- Nationaal Archief
- Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (esp. Daan Kok, Wendy Boham)
- National Archives, Kew
- National Diet Library
- National Maritime Museum Amsterdam (esp. Erwin van Delden, Michael Huijser, Sara Keijzer, Bart Lahr, Yvonne Ordelman)
- Nationalmuseet i København (Asta Liv Simonsen)
- Netherlands Embassy and Consulate General in Japan
- NTT Urban Value Support
- Osaka Museum of History
- Raymond Architectural Design Office, Inc. (esp. Miura Toshinobu)
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Shimizu Corporation (esp. Nonomura Chie, Oda Yosuke)
- Swedish Embassy in Japan
- Swedish National Archives (Roger Munck)
- Swiss Federal Archives SFA
- Tokyo Tower (Mori Yuki)
- Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden (Maartje van den Heuvel)
- W.M. Vories & Company Architects Ichiryusha (esp. Fukunaga Takayuki, Saito Yutaka)
- Yokohama Archives of History
Plus:
- G. R. Berridge
- Margriet Bot
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Frederik Cryns (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
- Isabel van Daalen
- Kogure Minori (小暮実徳)
- Lane R. Earns
- Willem Kortekaas
- Hans Kuijpers
- Herman J. Moeshart
- Bernd Lepach (Meiji Portraits)
- Pieter Lommerse (Charles in Shanghai)
- Ohori Sou (大堀聰)
- Charlotte Raymond
- Lars Vargö
- Joris Witkam
- Roderick Wols
- Yokoyama Yoshinori (横山伊徳)
and many others.