Amulet against impurity in envelope tied with red and blue paper string and with stamped inscriptions in black and red ink. [SM 23/09/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet against impurity in envelope tied with red and blue paper string and with stamped inscriptions in black and red ink. [SM 23/09/2008]
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 Twisted, Process Stamped, Process Glued, Process Tied, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 47 mm, Length: max 69 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.133 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 91
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: “Fujo yoke” -Protection against uncleanliness. “Goshu” or “omamori” – amulet. “Kinryusan Sensoji” - 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]