Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm printed on one side with three rows of Japanese characters in black pigment. [FB 07/01/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm printed on one side with three rows of Japanese characters in black pigment. [FB 07/01/2013]
Long description: Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm printed on one side with three rows of Japanese characters in black pigment. The charm has been stamped on the front with a stamp in red ink. The amulet is stamped on the back with two Japanese characters in red ink. The inside of the paper is inscribed with three rows of Japanese characters in black ink. [FB 07/01/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kansai Kyoto
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 1985
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Process Inscribed, Process Printed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 41 mm, Length: max 73 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.86.1 Other numbers: 07 32 R 13000/ 1936
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kiyomizu-dera Kanzenon Anzan go-shugo”, Amulet for safe childbirth from Kannon of Kiyomizu temple. [FB 21/08/2013]

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