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...Smith Museum, Padi was also reunitedwith his outer coffin, which was lost in the late19th century. The coffin ultimately turned up atthe Smith Museum where researchers recentlydiscovered that it belonged to the MGH mummy...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Restored Mummy Goes Home to Mass General | 12/2/1986 | See Source »

...ancestors is of immediate interest, since he is (or was until the U.S. occupation) a god. Nevertheless, it is rare to encounter an object as preposterous in its Last-Supper-carved-on-a-peachstone virtuosity as the dancer in full samurai armor chiseled by Unno Shōmin, a late19th century court artist. It is less a sculpture than a mantelpiece ornament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Emperor's Show | 9/29/1975 | See Source »

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