Receipt for temple donation made from two pieces of paper that are glued together. Written in black ink with a circular red stamp at the end. [SM 26/11/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Receipt for temple donation made from two pieces of paper that are glued together. Written in black ink with a circular red stamp at the end. [SM 26/11/2010]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Shikoku, Hashikura temple
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: 11/1891
Date collected: 21 November 1891?
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Glue, Process Written, Process Glued, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 580 mm, Length: max 165 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.685 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 112
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2011. A receipt of payment for 15 objects including wooden amulets, an image of “Konpira gongen” a box, paper, etc. Total sum is “Ichi en nanaju san sen” - 1.73 yen. (Two lines on the left) “Hashikura yama” - Mt. Hashikura. “Meiji nijuyo nen juichi gatsu nijuichi nichi” - 21st November, Meiji 24 (1891). [SM 23/11/2011]