Rice in envelope, with black inscription on one side and red stamp on the other. [SM 20/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rice in envelope, with black inscription on one side and red stamp on the other. [SM 20/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Mie Ise
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 Rice Plant, Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Glue, Process Stamped, Process Inscribed, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width: max 60 mm, Length: max 94 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.188 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 234
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. Contains divine rice – a post prayer offering. Normally a packet of rice like this comes as part of an amulet set – i.e. the small packet is wrapped inside a larger folded amulet paper. [El.B 19/01/2010]
Notes written on database printouts by Professor Chijiwa during his 2009 visit, transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn when volunteering at the Museum in 2019: 'On the front of the amulet is written “Toyouke daijingu Shinsen naorai”.' 'This probably forms a pair with 1908.82.208 from Toyouke daijingu of Ise.' [JMC 10/7/2019]