Japanese paper charm. The charm is printed on one side with an image of a buddha seated on a lotus flower with two rows of Japanese characters. [FB 07/01/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Japanese paper charm. The charm is printed on one side with an image of a buddha seated on a lotus flower with two rows of Japanese characters. [FB 07/01/2013]
Long description: Japanese paper charm. The charm is printed on one side with an image of a buddha seated on a lotus flower with two rows of Japanese characters. The characters are printed in black, there are eight characters on the left of the image and nine characters on the right of the image. [FB 07/01/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Tokyo
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 Pigment, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 122 mm, Length: max 170 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.94 Other numbers: R 13835/ 1936 A 52349/ 2270
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 daibosatsu shinei”, Sacred image of Kitamuki jizo “Kyoto Takoyakushi Myoshin-ji”, Takoyakushi in Myoshin-ji temple in Kyoto *Amulets from the same temple, 1985.52.50, 1985.52.51. [FB 21/08/2013]