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1908.82.412.1

Tool for use in sacred fire incised with Japanese characters [.1] and a receipt of payment for Everlasting Lantern Guild [.2]. [SM 18/09/2008]

1908.82.412.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Tool for use in sacred fire incised with Japanese characters [.1] and a receipt of payment for Everlasting Lantern Guild [.2]. [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 1890?, uncertain
Date collected
1890?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Steel Metal, Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Process Forged (Metal), Process Written, Process Inscribed, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 45 mm, Length: max 300 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.412.1 Accession number: 1908.82.412.2
Research and responses

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. The metal piece contained inside this amulet was used to make fire – when struck against a stone with shavings of wood beneath. This fire was considered sacred. [El.B 20/01/2010]

Search terms: Fire, Religion, Writing, Tool, Fire Accessory, Document, Inscription, Religious Object