- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Japanese paper charm. The charm is printed on the front with two rows of Japanese characters in black ink and stamped with a hexagonal stamp in red ink. [FB 11/01/2013]
- Long description
- Japanese paper charm. The charm is printed on the front with two rows of Japanese characters in black ink and stamped with a hexagonal stamp in red ink. The back of the charm is stamped with a square stamp with Japanese characters in red ink. The folded paper envelope [.2] contains a rectangular piece of paper printed with three rows of Japanese characters on one side in black ink. [The charm is attached to a duplicate amulet through a strung paper label [see 1985.53.68 .1]. FB 11/01/2013]
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1985
- Date collected
- By 1907
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Material String, Process Inscribed, Process Printed, Process Stamped, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 39 mm, Width: max 29 mm, Length: max 86 mm, Length: max 52 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.68.2 Accession number: 1985.53.68.3 Other numbers: 07 13 R 13022/ 1936
- Research and responses
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kokuhei chusha Shimotsuke no kuni Ichinomiya”, The principal shrine in Shimotsuke province (present Tochigi prefecture). “Futarasan jinja chugai yoke o-mamori”, Amulet against insect damage from Futaraisan shrine. (Reverse) “Shamusho in”, Seal of the shrine office. [MJD 18/03/2013]
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Amulet, Inscription, Drawing