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1908.82.741

Printed panorama of a shrine in Kyoto Prefecture.

1908.82.741

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Collection type
Object
Description
Printed panorama of a shrine in Kyoto Prefecture.
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
1908?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908 Found unentered: 18/06/2003
Materials and processes
Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Printed
Dimensions
Width: max 390 mm, Length: max 520 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.741
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2012 as: (Top) “Kyoto Fushimi Kanpei taisha Inari jinja saikenzu”, Detailed map of Fushimi Inari, Kyoto. (In margin) “Meiji nijuni nen ichi gatsu insatsu”, Printed in January, Meiji 22 (1899). [El.B 04/05/2012]

Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as Figure 4 on page 85 of 'Chamberlain and his collection: Ofuda and maps from Meiji Japan' by Fusa McLynn in the volume 'Ofuda - On Japanese Charms' proceedings on an international conference on Ofuda held in Paris on the 1st and 2nd March 2012 with the caption ("Panorama map of Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto") detail, 390 x 520 mm' [FB 14/11/2014]

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