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Kaigara danmen zuan (Album of Cross-sections of Shells)


貝殻断面図案
Author of preface: Hirase Yoichiro (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamada Unsôdô
Japanese
Taishô era
1913 (Taishô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 33.0 x 22.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2009.2523
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2009)