Set of four paper charms with characters in ink and tied together with red and blue paper string. [MJD 20/12/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Set of four paper charms with characters in ink and tied together with red and blue paper string. [MJD 20/12/2012]
Long description: Set of four paper charms with characters in ink and tied together with red and blue paper string. The paper charms are two small rectangles with black and red ink characters, large rectangle with red ink characters and long pointed folded envelope containing rice. [MJD 20/12/2012]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Tokyo Kinryu-zan Senso-ji temple
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, Material Rice Plant, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 154 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.14 Other numbers: 1 1628 R 13515/ 1936
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (In red) “Anzan”, Safe child birth. “O-mamori, Kinryu-zan Senso-ji”, Amulet from Senso-ji temple at Kinryu-zan. [MJD 25/01/2013]

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