Print of statue of Kobodaishi, standing on a lotus flower on top of a platform, with inscriptions on either side [SM 14/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Print of statue of Kobodaishi, standing on a lotus flower on top of a platform, with inscriptions on either side [SM 14/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Shikoku Kagawa
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, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 99 mm, Length: max 174 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.502 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 190
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: (Right) “Sanshu Byobuura Zentsu-ji”, Zentsu-ji temple in Byobuura, Sanuki province. (Left) “Kobo daishi go-tanjo cho”, a town where Kobo daishi was born. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]

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