Sheet of paper with shrine history of the silk worm god and a red stamp in the top left corner. [SM 12/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sheet of paper with shrine history of the silk worm god and a red stamp in the top left corner. [SM 12/12/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Ishikawa Kaga Yamashiro
Cultural groups: Japanese
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 Stamped, Process Printed
Dimensions: Length: max 245 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.526
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: (In red, top right) “Rakusei Uzumasa” - Uzumasa in the western district of Kyoto. (Title) “Yosan no sojin yurai ki” - Short history of a god of sericulture. (Far left) “Kyoto-fu Kokai jinja shamusho” - Shrine office of Kokai shrine in Kyoto. [SM 02/12/2010]

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