1908.82.453.7

Collection type

Object

Description

One of 11 manuscripts in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Sheets of handwritten text in red, blue and black ink and pencil. [CAR 8/10/2008]

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

Date collected

By 1908

Acquisition information

Donated: 1908

Materials and processes

Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Written

Dimensions

Width: max 213 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1908.82.453.7 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 11

Research and responses

Information given by Professor Itaru Chijiwa, Assistant Professor Seiji Hoshino (both from Kokugakuin University) and Norifumi Shimazu (Association of Shinto Shrines) during a research visit, November 2009. Korean is written between the columns of red text and spaced out large Japanese text on the right. [El.B 20/01/2010]

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2010 as: Handwritten document in Chinese, Korean and Japanese katakana. Japanese part reads: That fan is from my country. It is for a lady. Lady’s fans are normally white. In my country, when parents die, their children wear white clothes for 3 years. Could you tell me why? Because when a person is born, he/she are carried in parents’ arms for 3 years, and …[El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]

Search terms: Writing, Religion, Document, Religious Object