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Japanese Lantern (Boston)

Coordinates: 42°21′16″N 71°04′13″W / 42.35439°N 71.07029°W / 42.35439; -71.07029
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Japanese Lantern
The lantern in 2010
Map
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°21′16″N 71°04′13″W / 42.35439°N 71.07029°W / 42.35439; -71.07029

Japanese Lantern is a 1587 lantern sculpture,[1] installed in Boston Public Garden, in Boston, MA, United States. The lantern was given to the city in 1904 by antiques dealer Bunkio Matsuki,[2] who had been educated when he arrived in Salem MA by antiquarian Edward S. Morse.

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  1. ^ "Japanese Lantern, 1587". cultureNOW. Archived from the original on 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  2. ^ "Prominent Americans Interested in Japan and Prominent Japanese in America". Japan and America (January 1903): 90–91. 1903 – via Internet Archive.