Leaf [.1] in kite shaped folded paper bag [.2]. On the front of the bag ?11 text characters are written in black ink. [LKG 10/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leaf [.1] in kite shaped folded paper bag [.2]. On the front of the bag ?11 text characters are written in black ink. [LKG 10/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1890
Date collected: By 1890
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Plant Leaf, Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Stamped, Process Glued
Dimensions: Length: max 330 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.214.1 Accession number: 1908.82.214.2 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 46
Research and responses: Notes written on database printouts by Professor Itaru Chijiwa (Kokugakuin University) during a research visit, November 2009, transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn when volunteering at the Museum in 2019: 'In front is written in Chinese characters, “Sada jinja Yaoyorozu no omikami miei”. The content may be a cedar leaf.
' [JMC 10/7/2019]

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