Print of Buddhist divinity appearing to a hunter who has just shot a boar with a bow and arrow. [SM 30/09/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Print of Buddhist divinity appearing to a hunter who has just shot a boar with a bow and arrow. [SM 30/09/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884?, uncertain
Date collected: 1884?
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Process Printed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 250 mm, Length: max 345 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.326 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 30
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 "Designs, iconographic models, histories and maps and Ofuda". [SM 26/09/2008]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009/2010 as: “Dai Nihon kaibyaku saisho ho Awaji-no-kuni Sakiyama Senkoji”, Senko-ji temple of Sakiyama in Awaji province. The drawing presents a story of the temple’s origin. [El.B 19/01/2010]

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