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1908.82.182

Wooden block with painted picture of tiger.

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1908.82.182

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden block with painted picture of tiger.
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Honshu
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892?, uncertain
Date collected
November 1892?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material String, Process Painted, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Height: max 94 mm, Width: max 127 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.182 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 194
Research and responses

Information given by Professor Itaru Chijiwa, Assistant Professor Seiji Hoshino (both from Kokugakuin University) and Norifumi Shimazu (Association of Shinto Shrines) during a research visit, November 2009. Typical shape of shrine shape – a cut piece of wood painted and perforated so that a length of string could be passed through the hole and the image hung up. A note on the tiger image – originally horses were thought of as a suitable offering to the gods, but as this became unreasonably expensive images of horses painted on wood were substituted. These images gradually changed to include a variety of animals, including tigers as in this example. [El.B 19/01/2010]

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