Complex sentence: Frequent delay of money expected from the family in Japan forced him to take a job translating the titles for the calligraphy collection at the South Kensington Museum and sell ukiyoe with his friends.
Split into simpler sentences: Frequent delay of money expected from the family in Japan forced him to make ends meet. He undertook a job translating the titles for the calligraphy collection at the South Kensington Museum and sold ukiyoe with his friends.