1908.82.125.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Amulet for fortunate birth [.1] inside folded paper envelope [.2] both have stamped or printed inscriptions. [SM 17/10/2008]

Long description

Amulet for fortunate birth [.1] inside folded paper envelope [.2] both have stamped or printed inscriptions.The envelope [.2] has a diamond shaped red stamp. [SM 17/10/2008]

Geographical reference

Japan

Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan

Honshu Tokyo Asakusa

Cultural groups

Japanese

Person

Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain

PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1908

Date collected

By 1908

Acquisition information

Donated: 1908

Materials and processes

Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Material Glue, Process Printed, Process Stamped, Process Glued

Dimensions

Width: max 19 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 51 mm, Length: max 70 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1908.82.125.1 Accession number: 1908.82.125.2 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 174

Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009 as: Written in red “Anzan” - Easy child birth. “Goshu Kinryusan Sensouji” - Amulet from Sensoji temple of Mt. Kinryu. [SM 10/02/2009]

Associated publications

This object is referred to in an article by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Notes on Some Minor Japanese Religious Practices, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 22 (1893), pp. 355-370, p.363. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2842134 [El.B 06/06/2012]

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Envelope, Inscription, Religious Object