Amulet to protect against danger of swords, a print of a holy image. [SM 30/09/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet to protect against danger of swords, a print of a holy image. [SM 30/09/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Kanagawa Kamakura Kencho
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, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 160 mm, Length: max 378 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.158 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 128
Research and responses: This object was examined along with others from the Chamberlain Collection by Sekiko Matsuzaki-Petitmengin in June 2003 and 15 October 2007. She placed this object within the category of "Designs, iconographic models, histories and maps + Ofuda". [SM 30/09/2008]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009 as: Written at the top, “Kennan yoke reizo” - Image of a divinity who gives protection against sword attack. Written at the bottom, “Kamakura kenchoji” - Kenchoji temple in Kamakura. [SM 25/2/2009]
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, Picture and Graphic Art, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Inscription

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