Paper stamped with conventionalized shells and birds, and red seal-stamp of shrine, probably Kumano-jinja, Hongu, Japan. [SM 13/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper stamped with conventionalized shells and birds, and red seal-stamp of shrine, probably Kumano-jinja, Hongu, Japan. [SM 13/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu, Wakayama Prefecture, Hongu, Kumano Shrine
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1892
Date collected: 19 November 1892
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 192 mm, Length: max 250 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.359 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 50
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 2010 as: “Nihon dai ichi”, the first in Japan. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]

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