Picture of a god standing on a mountain with a red sun behind him, printed in black ink with an inscription. [SM 29/09/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Picture of a god standing on a mountain with a red sun behind him, printed in black ink with an inscription. [SM 29/09/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Mie Ise
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 Printed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 130 mm, Length: max 188 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.651
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 29/09/2008]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2011 as: (Centre) “Futami okitama no kami” - God Futami okitama. The illustration shows “Meoto Iwa”, literally meaning the wedded rocks, in the sea near Futami, a small town along the coast of Ise city. These two sacred rocks are connected by a rope. [SM 15/07/2011]