Paper charm with characters in black ink and red stamp. [MJD 19/12/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm with characters in black ink and red stamp. [MJD 19/12/2012]
Long description: Paper charm with characters in black ink and red stamp. The paper is folded and stamped in red ink on the closure. Inside is another piece of paper. [MJD 19/12/2012]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Tokyo Asakusa Asakusa Shrine
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1916
Date collected: By 1916
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 67 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.4 Other numbers: 13 2280 R 13838/ 1936 A 52340/ 2280
Research and responses: According to Japan guide [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3004.html] Asakusa Shrine, also known as Sanja-sama, was built during the Edo Period and survived the air raids of 1945. [MJD 19/12/2012]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (In red) “Kato yoke”, Ward off fire and thieves. “O-mamori, Kinryu-zan Senso-ji”, Amulet from Senso-ji temple of Kinryu-zan [MJD 25/01/2013]

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