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Russo-Japan War album

1904 and 1905
Image: 25.4 x 37.5 x 4.4 cm (10 x 14 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Leather bound album; paper

Classification: Books and manuscripts

Culture: Japanese

Period: Meiji era

Accession number: 2010.1460

Description: Large brown album containing smaller Japanese books from 1904. Cover reads: "Russo-Japanese War 1905, L.W."

Provenance/Ownership History: 1985-99, purchased from various dealers in London and Tokyo; 1999-2010, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2010, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA (Accession date: January 26, 2011)

Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf