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

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Donor Name
Emperor Of Japan
FROM CARD: "LADIES FANCY NOTE PAPER. CONTAINS SILK FIBERS AND IS EMBOSSED OR PRINTED WITH FLORAL DESIGNS. OF A SPRAY OF APPLE OR PRUNE BLOSSOMS. ONCE IN DIV. OF GRAPHIC ARTS, WHERE NUMBERED: 10,218. 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 and 51. E292 - 296 consist of -600 sheets in 10 packets.
Record Last Modified
31 Jul 2020
Specimen Count
25
Culture
Japanese
Accession Date
9 Mar 1859
Accession Number
199043
USNM Number
E296-0
Object Type
Paper
Length
17.5 cm
Width
48 cm
Place
Japan, Asia
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Topic
Ethnology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8386111
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
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