- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm inscribed on one side with two rows of Japanese characters in black ink. [FB 02/01/2013]
- Long description
- Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm inscribed on one side with two rows of Japanese characters in black ink. The front of the paper charm is also stamped in two places with one circular stamp and one square stamp with Japanese characters in red ink. The back of the charm is stamped in one place with a circular design in red ink. The amulet is attached through a perforation in one corner threaded with string to a duplicate copy of the amulet [see 1985.53.50 .2]. [FB 02/01/2013]
- 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, Material Pigment, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 41 mm, Length: max 137 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.50.1 Other numbers: 07 87 R 13219/ 1936
- Research and responses
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kitamuki Jizo son, Anzan omamori”, Amulet for the safe childbirth from Kitamuki Jizo (North-facing Jizo). (Red seal) “Tako yakushi, Myoshin-ji”, Tako yakushi of Myoshin-ji temple. *It seems identical to 1985.53.51 [MJD 18/03/2013]
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Amulet, Inscription, Drawing