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

Object Details

Donor Name

Emperor Of Japan

FROM CARD: "LADIES FANCY NOTE PAPER. CONTAINS SILK FIBERS AND IS EMBOSSED OR PRINTED WITH FLORAL DESIGNS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND PEONIES IN YELLOW AND ROSE COLOR PLUS GREEN LEAVES. IN EACH NO. OF THE SERIES TO 296, ALL SHEETS THE SAME (EXCEPT ONE) SO LATER ADDITION OF AN "A & B" APPARENTLY NO REASON. EXTRA DOUBLE SHEET OF SCRIPT APPEARS TO GO WITH EACH PACKAGE. ONCE IN DIV. OF GRAPHIC ARTS, WHERE NUMBERED: 10,216. 5/1969 IN DIV. OF TEXTILES. 10/79 RETURNED TO ANTHROP. THE PLAIN WOODEN BOXES IN WHICH THESE PAPERS APPARENTLY ORIGINALLY CAME ARE TOO TIGHT SO HAVE BEEN KEPT SEPARATELY. R. ELDER."

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 and 50. 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

E294-0

Object Type

Paper

Length

17.5 cm

Width

48 cm

Place

Japan, Asia

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8385990

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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