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The traditional Japanese step-chest
BY DAVID JACKSON
PHOTO BY JAY WEILAND
I still wonder what Edward S. Morse was thinking when he saw a step-chest for the first time in his journeys around Japan. Morse, who originally went to Japan in 1877 as a zoologist, would by dint of curiosity and draughtsman's effort provide the United States with… »