Paper printed with Daikoku and his wife Yakami Hime and a small red stamp [SM 16/10/2008].

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper printed with Daikoku and his wife Yakami Hime and a small red stamp [SM 16/10/2008].
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?, uncertain
Date collected: By 1908?
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908 Found unentered: 20/06/2003
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Process Printed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 107 mm, Length: max 185 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.770 Other numbers: 56
Research and responses: This object was examined along with others from the Chamberlain Collection by Sekiko Matsuzaki-Petitmengin on 27 June 2003 [SM 16/10/2008]
This object was examined by Professor Itaru Chijiwa during his research visit in November 2008. He noted the two figures were Daikoku and his wife Yakami Hime. He also noted that Daikoku has several different names. He is known as Daikoku in Buddhism and is most commonly known as Okuninushi in Shinto, but has other names in Shinto as well. [SM 05/12/2008]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2012 as: (Red seal) “Kasuga jinja no in”, Seal of Kasuga shrine. [El.B 04/05/2012]

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