Picture of man and princess standing behind a salt refining kettle. Used as a memento.

Collection type: Object
Description: Picture of man and princess standing behind a salt refining kettle. Used as a memento.
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Shimane Kizuki
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 Ink, Process Stamped, Process Written
Dimensions: Length: max 262 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.242 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 183
Research and responses: This object was examined along with others from the Chamberlain Collection by Sekiko Matsuzaki-Petitmengin in June 2003 and 15 October 2007. She placed this object within the category of Ofuda [SM 13/10/2008]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009 as: “Okutsuhiko-no-mikoto” - God Okutsuhiko, “Okutsuhime-no-mikoto”, Goddess Okutsu. [SM 15/07/2009]
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 red stamp on the top left shows that this has been notified to the Ministry of the Domestic Affairs. The bottom stamp shows that it was published in Meiji 13 (1880) in Province of Izumo (current Shimane prefecture). ' [JMC 10/7/2019]

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Commemoration, Painting

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