Meiji Japan
Primary sources

Diaries, scrapbooks, correspondence, research files, drawings, manuscripts, publications and teaching materials produced by the American zoologist, Edward Sylvester Morse, during his time in Japan. Materials note shop signs, fireworks, hairpins, agricultural tools, music, games, art and architecture, tea ceremonies and other aspects of life in 19th century Japan before it was transformed by Western modernization.

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Alternate names

Edward Sylvester Morse collection

Content type

Primary sources

Provider

Adam Matthew Digital

Open access

No

Subjects

History, History - Asia