1908.82.231

Collection type

Object

Description

Small piece of wood, covered with paper. The paper has a stamped inscription in black ink. [SM 19/09/2008]

Geographical reference

Japan

Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan

Cultural groups

Japanese

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 Wood Plant, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Ink, Process Covered, Process Stamped

Dimensions

Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 48 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1908.82.231 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 95

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 probably 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: “Hinomisaki daijingu” - Hinomisaki shrine. [SM 15/07/2009]

Associated publications

See researchers file 'Koizumi' for copy of an article 'Prayer Inscriptions from the Shrines of Izumo which travelled to the Seas of England' by Bon Koizumi, San-In Minzoku Kenkyu: Bulletin of San-In Folklore Society, no 13 (2008), pp. 3-25. This object is listed in a table on p. 7. [The article is written in Japanese apart from copies of correspondence between Chamberlain and Hearn]. [ZM 21/08/2008]

Search terms: Religion, Commemoration, Writing, Religious Object, Inscription, Amulet