Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm with five Japanese characters inscribed on the front in red ink. [FB 10/01/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm with five Japanese characters inscribed on the front in red ink. [FB 10/01/2013]
Long description: Japanese paper charm. Folded paper charm with five Japanese characters inscribed on the front in red ink. The back of the charm is printed with a row of Japanese characters in red ink. The amulet is attached with string to a duplicate amulet [see 1985.53.91 .1]. [FB 10/01/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
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: 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped, Process Printed, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Width: max 32 mm folded, Length: max 103 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.91.2 Other numbers: 07 24 R 13044/ 1936
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (Front) “Kumagai o-mamori”, Amulet from Kumagai shrine (Back) “Rakuto Kurodani Kumagaido”, Kumagai shrine in Kurodani, in Rakuto (East Kyoto). [FB 21/08/2013]

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