Paper charm folded into the shape of a conventionalised figure, stamped with characters in red and black ink. [MJD 07/01/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm folded into the shape of a conventionalised figure, stamped with characters in red and black ink. [MJD 07/01/2013]
Long description: Paper charm folded into the shape of a conventionalised figure, stamped with characters in red and black ink. The paper is folded into a knot in the centre. [MJD 07/01/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Kanagawa Miyanoshita
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 94 mm, Length: max 169 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.38 Other numbers: 07 19 R 13178/ 1936 1482
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (Top) “Futsu no mitama”, Futsu no mitama is a name of the sacred sword. (Bottom, in red) They seem to be names of gods, but cannot be identified. *Similar human-shaped amulets are in the Chamberlain Collection (1908.82.350 – 354) [MJD 22/02/2013]