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1908.82.812

Receipt for a donation to Zojoji Temple.

1908.82.812

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Collection type
Object
Description
Receipt for a donation to Zojoji Temple.
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Tokyo
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1884?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908 Found unentered: 25/06/2003
Materials and processes
Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Printed, Process Written, Process Stamped
Dimensions
Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.812 Other numbers: 32
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2012 as: “Kin ichi-yen …”, 1 yen received as donation to rebuilt the main building of Zojo-ji temple, “Meiji jushichi nen juichi-gatsu juni-nichi”, 12 November, Meiji 17 (1892) [MJD 16/10/2012]

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