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1908.82.489

Historical account of a statue.


1908.82.489

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Collection type
Object
Description
Historical account of a statue.
Geographical reference
Honshu
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 10/1901?, uncertain
Date collected
October 1901?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Printed
Dimensions
Length: max 275 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.489 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 124
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2010 as: (Title) “Haisho soan Shinran shonin shinzo ryakuengi”, “Haisho”, a place where a criminal condemned to exile lived, “Soan”, a thatched hut. “Shinran shonin shinzo ryaku engi”, historical account of the statue of Shinran. (Left). “Meiji hachi”, 1875. “Echigo no kuni Gochi Kokubunji Keidai”, in the precincts of Gochi Kokubunnji temple in Echigo province. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]

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