Japanese paper charm cut in the shape of a person. The charm is inscribed on one side with Japanese characters in black ink. [FB 20/12/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Japanese paper charm cut in the shape of a person. The charm is inscribed on one side with Japanese characters in black ink. [FB 20/12/2012]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Kanagawa Miyanoshita
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
Dimensions: Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 115 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.103 Other numbers: 07 21 R 13213/ 1936
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Amatsu harae, Kunitsu harae”, purification for sins of “Amatsu” which are sabotage to agriculture, and sins of “Kunitsu”, which include disasters and diseases. *These sins are listed in “O-norito”, the Sinto ritual prayer, and the concept of sin is very different from that of the modern society.**”Miyanoshita” written by Hildburgh on the tag attached to the object is a place in Hakone. [FB 21/08/2013]

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