Picture of male figure killing a serpant with a sword. [SM 08/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Picture of male figure killing a serpant with a sword. [SM 08/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
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, Material Watercolour Paint, Process Drawn, Process Painted, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 316 mm, Length: max 631 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.677
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 O-fuda [SM 08/10/2008]
This object was examined by Professor Itaru Chijiwa during his research visit in December 2010. He noted that this picture depicts a warrior killing a serpent and that usually this serpent has eight heads, but in this picture it is depicted with just one. [SM 15/12/2010]
Associated publications: This object is referred to in an article by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Notes on Some Minor Japanese Religious Practices, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 22 (1893), pp. 355-370, p.367. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2842134 [El.B 06/06/2012]

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