Panorama of burial place of early emperors with Imperial crest of a chrysanthemum with 16 petals [SM 30/09/2008].

Collection type: Object
Description: Panorama of burial place of early emperors with Imperial crest of a chrysanthemum with 16 petals [SM 30/09/2008].
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Nara Kashihara
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: Width: max 647 mm, Length: max 1400 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.561 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 20
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 "Designs, iconographic models, histories and maps and Ofuda". [SM 26/09/2008]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2010 as: “Jinmu tenno” - Emperor Jinmu. [SM 02/12/2010]

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