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1908.82.254

Picture of Buddha in folded black and gold case, covered with paper and lined with ?metal foil. [SM 18/09/2008]

1908.82.254

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Collection type
Object
Description
Picture of Buddha in folded black and gold case, covered with paper and lined with ?metal foil. [SM 18/09/2008]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Honshu Nagano Zenko
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 Textile, Material Yarn, Material Metal, Process Covered, Process Glued, Process Stamped
Dimensions
Width: max 50 mm closed, Width: max 119 mm opened, Length: max 76 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.254 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 52a
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009 as: Outside, “Ho kaigan ikko sanzon mida eizo, Shinshu Zenko-ji betto, Daikanjin” - three images of Buddha from Zenkoji temple in Shinshu. [SM 15/07/2009]

Search terms: Religion, Picture and Graphic Art, Religious Object, Amulet, Print

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