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1908.82.230

Picture of god and goddesses rolled on a stick.

1908.82.230

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Collection type
Object
Description
Picture of god and goddesses rolled on a stick.
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 1908
Date collected
By 1908
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Rolled, Process Printed, Process Painted, Process Glued
Dimensions
Width: max 277 mm, Length 862 mm including roller
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.230 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 218
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: ''The names of the gods are (from top), Tensho kotaijin (Amaterasu), Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto (founders of Japan), Toyouke daijin, Hachiman daijin, Kasuga daijin and Sarutahiko daijin. The text of the red stamp includes the date, Meiji 21 nen (1888).' [JMC 10/7/2019]

Associated publications
This object is referred to in an article by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Notes on Some Minor Japanese Religious Practices, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 22 (1893), pp. 355-370, p.368. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2842134 [El.B 06/06/2012]

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