Series VII. Japanese Pottery documents the acquisition of Morse's personal collection of prehistoric and modern Japanese pottery and his curatorial appointment at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Included in this series is correspondence pertaining to the publication of the Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery, notes and sketches relating to the identification of pottery masks, and information pertaining to the hereditary families of potters. Kwan Ko Dzu Setsu (Illuminated Discourse on Ancient Objects) by Morse's mentor, Noritane Ninegawa, as well as other monographs relating to Japanese pottery, have been translated and transcribed by hand.