Print of "Ibis-daijin", one of the 7 gods of luck, with three red stamps over the top of the image. [SM 14/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Print of "Ibis-daijin", one of the 7 gods of luck, with three red stamps over the top of the image. [SM 14/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Tokyo Asakusa
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 Ink, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Stamped, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 285 mm, Length: max 405 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.533
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: “Ebisu daijin” – Ebisu. “Tokyo Asakusa jinja” - Asakusa shrine in Tokyo. [SM 02/12/2010]