Rice-paste cake wrapped in paper. The paper has a stamped inscription in black ink. [SM 19/09/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rice-paste cake wrapped in paper. The paper has a stamped inscription in black ink. [SM 19/09/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; Field collector (Patricio) Lafcadio (Tessima Carlos) Hearn; 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 Paper Plant, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 27 mm, Length: max 30 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.206 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 167
Research and responses: Bon Koizumi, from Shimane Women's College in Matsue Japan, examined this object during a research visit in June 2006 and thought, because of the location of the shrine, that it was possibly collected by Lafcadio Hearn. Hearn, was based in this area, and was asked by Chamberlain to collect material for him from this region. [ZM 09/06/2006]
See Collectors: Chamberlain in related documents file for information about Lafcadio Hearn. [ZM 12/09/2006]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009 as: “Goku” – Offering. [SM 07/04/2009]

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