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1908.82.225

Picture of gods pasted on roll of paper.

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1908.82.225

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Collection type
Object
Description
Picture of gods pasted on roll of paper.
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 1908
Date collected
By 1908
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Glue, Material String, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Glued, Process Rolled, Process Painted, Process Printed
Dimensions
Length: max 227 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.225 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 173
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 the scroll, it says “Saigoku dai-ichi fudasho, Kii no kuni Kumano Nachi-san” (Kumano Nachi in Kii province, the first temple for the pilgrims to get an amulet in western Japan. It also shows 33 images of kannon from the temples for the pilgrimage. ' [JMC 10/7/2019]

Search terms: Religion, Picture and Graphic Art, Commemoration, Religious Object

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