Decorated Letter Paper (Moyo Zuri Bensen; Hosho E Hankiri)

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Donor Name
Emperor Of Japan
FROM CARDS: "LADIES FANCY NOTE PAPER. CONTAINS SILK FIBERS, AND IS EMBOSSED OR PRINTED WITH FLORAL DESIGNS. LARGE SPRAY OF PEONY AND APPLE BLOSSOMS IN SHADED PINKS, AND YELLOW. ONCE IN DIV. OF GRAPHIC ARTS, WHERE NUMBERED: 10, 214. 5/1969 IN DIV. OF TEXTILES. 10/79 RETURNED TO ANTHROP."
See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 49. E292 - 296 consist of -600 sheets in 10 packets.
Record Last Modified
6 Dec 2018
Specimen Count
3
Culture
Japanese
Accession Date
9 Mar 1859
Accession Number
199043
USNM Number
E292-0
Object Type
Paper
Length
17.5 cm
Width
48 cm
Place
Japan, Asia
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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8385786
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
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