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1908.82.707

Booklet on Kiyomasa Koto, printed in black ink and tied together with string. [SM 16/10/2008]

1908.82.707

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Collection type
Object
Description
Booklet on Kiyomasa Koto, printed in black ink and tied together with string. [SM 16/10/2008]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
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 Found unentered: 09/07/2003
Materials and processes
Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material String, Process Printed, Process Tied, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 235 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.707
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 2011 as: “Kokawa-dera engi reigen ki”, History of Kokawa-dera temple [El.B 16/03/2012]

Search terms: Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Religion, Inscription, Print, Book, Religious Object

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