Paper charm with characters in black ink and large red ink stamp. [MJD 02/01/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm with characters in black ink and large red ink stamp. [MJD 02/01/2013]
Long description: Paper charm with characters in black ink and large red ink stamp. Amulet for good luck. [MJD 02/01/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Kantō Kanagawa Kamakura Hase-dera 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 1985
Date collected: By 1916
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 94 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.27 Other numbers: 2301 R 13844/ 1936 A 52368
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kaiun o-mamori Kamakura Hase-dera”, Amulet for good luck from Hase-dera temple in Kamakura. [MJD 22/02/2013]

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