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1908.82.324.1

Paper giving the Lineage of the saints [.1] contained in envelope [.2] with a stamp of a left-facing swastika. [SM 25/09/2008]

1908.82.324.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Paper giving the Lineage of the saints [.1] contained in envelope [.2] with a stamp of a left-facing swastika. [SM 25/09/2008]
Long description
Paper giving the Lineage of the saints [.1] contained in envelope [.2] with a stamp of a left-facing swastika. [.1] has a red circular stamp with an inscription inside it, as well as linear inscriptions in black on one side. The other side has a lotus flower stamp, above this a circular red stamp with inscriptions in red and black inside it. [.2] has a red left-facing swastika on one side and an oval red stamp with an inscription inside it on the other side. [SM 25/09/2008]
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 Ink, Material Pigment, Material Glue, Process Printed, Process Glued
Dimensions
Width: max 97 mm, Length: max 98 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.324.1 Accession number: 1908.82.324.2 Other numbers: 181
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009/2010 as: Front: in the red circle “Nenbutsu deshi”, a praying disciple. “Jogyosha”, a purified person. “Nikka hyaku hen”, daily tasks. Back:

“Shinshu zenko-ji”, Zenko-ji temple in Shinshu province. “Yuzu nennbutsu ketsumyakufu”, a lineage of the followers of the sect

“Betto Daikanjin”, a senior rank of the temple. This document has the similar function as 1908.82.313 and 1908.82.322. [El.B 19/01/2010]

Information given by Professor Itaru Chijiwa, Assistant Professor Seiji Hoshino (both from Kokugakuin University) and Norifumi Shimazu (Association of Shinto Shrines) during a research visit, November 2009. Inside the names of sect followers are probably written – the names were added posthumously, by doing so the individual was though to be certain of going to Heaven. [El.B 20/01/2010]

Search terms: Writing, Religion, Document, Religious Object, Envelope, Inscription